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 ...

Renowned sculptor Edward Giberson, 75, of Glen Carbon, holds a portfolio open to a photograph of the Robert Wadlow bronze statue that he created. Thousands of people visit the site at 2810 College Ave ...

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 ...

At least a thousand Waynesboro residents turned out on Friday, December 15, 1939 to rubberneck at 21-year-old Robert Wadlow, the “Alton Giant,” who at 8 feet 9-1/2 inches was (and still is) the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. 14 min to read They called him the Gentle Giant. At 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall, Robert Wadlow was the tallest man to ever walk the ...

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 ...