MANISTEE, Mich. — More than a century after his birth, and 81 years after his death, Robert Pershing Wadlow remains the tallest person in recorded history, standing at 8-feet 11.1-inches tall, ...

Robert Wadlow wore size 37 AA shoes, and by all accounts, he was a nice guy. He didn’t get the nickname “The Gentle Giant” for stomping Alton beanstalks. At 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall, Wadlow still ...

DONNA HEALY Of The Gazette Staff Oct 30, 2010 Oct 30, 2010 0 Mystery — and a bit of history — surround a shoe that lures tourists to a Billings bootery. The huge shoe, listed on a website of weird and ...

This is another installment of “Into the Archives,” a series that looks back on stories from the Belleville News-Democrat archives. Robert Pershing Wadlow, also known as "The Alton Giant," was born on ...