West Alton, in St. Charles County, Missouri, is a small city at the tip of a peninsula formed by the confluence of the Missouri River and the Mississippi River. The city was named for its location on the western bank of the Mississippi River, across from Alton, Illinois. Other nearby communities include Fort Bellefontaine, Black Jack, and Spanish Lake, across the Missouri River, and Portage Des Sioux, to the northwest. St. Louis is about eighteen miles to the south.
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Created in 2011, and located on 3,700 acres of prairie marsh and forest at the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary in West Alton, Missouri, the Center offers 140 degrees of wildlife viewing through its large windows, with high-powered scopes making wildlife accessible to anyone, which includes 325 species of birds. Its programs and events are discussed.
http://riverlands.audubon.org/
Rivers Point Tractor Pulling Association
Headquartered in West Alton, Missouri, the RPTPA sponsors an annual tractor pulling event in West Alton, and others elsewhere in Missouri. Its meeting schedules, calendar of events, registration policies, divisions and classes, results, photographs, contacts, and a blog are featured.
http://rptpa.com/
Rivers Pointe Fire Protection District
The RPFPD is headquartered in West Alton, Missouri, while station two is in Portage des Sioux, offering fire suppression, rescue and emergency medical services to residents in the two communities in St. Charles County. Its locations, service area, memberships, and contacts are featured.
http://www.rpfpd.com/
The official web site for the city of West Alton, Missouri offers municipal contacts, a calendar of events, and a guide to local parks and recreational facilities, photographs, access to various reports, documents and forms, a blog, and news items. Public notices are posted to the site.
http://westaltonmo.com/
