Troy Taylor is the author of a number of books about ghosts and hauntings and is the founder of the American Ghost Society. He is also the host of the History and Hauntings Tours of Alton. He currently resides in Alton.
Introduction
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Welcome to the History & Hauntings of Alton & the Riverbend Region
Historic Alton
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The Coming of the Explorers
The Wood River Massacre
Pioneer Lore
The Beginnings of Alton The Coming of the Railroads
The Golden Age of Steamboating & The Haunted River
Bloody Island & War Comes to Alton
Business in Alton & A Mysterious Lady in Black
Alton in the Roaring `20's
Alton's Gentle Giant
The Dream Continues
Haunted Alton
Mound Builders & Piasa Birds
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Native American Legends and Lore
The Lingering Spirit of Elijah Lovejoy
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Alton & the Underground Railroad
Spirits of the Civil War
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Ghosts of the Alton Prison
Sunflower Island
The Mansion House
The Blaske Building
School Spirits
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Harriet Haskell & the Monticello Seminary
Hauntings at Milton School
Spirits of Another Kind
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The Haunting of Alton's First Unitarian Church
Spirits of Commerce
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Alton's Haunted Business Establishments
Meridian Coffee House
Other Haunted Spots
The Franklin House
Ghosts of Grafton
Spirits of Belleville
Mineral Springs Hotel
Haunted Places
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Haunted Houses and Ghostly Spots of the Riverbend
McPike Mansion
Montgomery House
Area Haunts and Hauntings
Personal Accounts of the Supernatural
The Meyer House
The Three Mile House
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The Most Haunted House in the Riverbend Region!
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