How Will We Open Our City to the World?

Historical marker location:

5595 Grand Drive, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Grand Drive, 0.1 miles west of Cricket Drive, on the right when traveling west.)

History Underfoot: 1904

The University of Missouri, located in Columbia, was the first public university west of the Mississippi River. It was founded in 1839 and has a long history of academic and athletic excellence.