History · Alton

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Alton was founded in 1910 or 1911 by citizens and railroad officials of Alton, Illinois.

On September 21, 1989, the Alton bus crash occurred; a Dr. Pepper truck hit a Mission Consolidated Independent School District school bus and caused it to fall into a caliche pit, killing 21 students.

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