Historical Marker

Honoring the German-American Press: The Naked Truth Monument

Historical marker location:

1700 South Grand Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on South Grand Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2014

The Missouri State Penitentiary, located in Jefferson City, was once the oldest operating prison west of the Mississippi River. It opened in 1836 and closed in 2004.