P More than 100 callers identified the photo of the giant, Robert Pershing Wadlow. The first time Robert Pershing Wadlow came to Cape Girardeau, he was 15 years old -- "a mere boy of 7 feet 3 inches," ...

They called him the Gentle Giant. At 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall, Robert Wadlow was the tallest man to ever walk the Earth, at least in recorded history. Even if he was of normal stature, the people of ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man according to the Guinness Book of Records, was born on Feb. 22, 1918. The native of Alton, ...

Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was a man who was the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is ...

Last week I was sitting at my desk writing when I happened to come across an interesting article. Okay, so I wasn't exactly writing. I was surfing the Internet. But I read an article about the life of ...

Doug Smith, of Alton, grasps the hand on the statue of Robert Pershing Wadlow while posing for a self-portrait on Wednesday in Alton in July 1999. Smith was taking a photo to send over the Internet to ...

On this date in 1918, the tallest man in recorded history was born in Alton, Ill. Robert Pershing Wadlow, who died at age 22 from complications from a foot infection, grew to the height of 8 feet 11.1 ...