Origins

Historical marker location:

1300 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of DeMenil Place and Cherokee Street, on the right when traveling north on DeMenil Place.)

Marker installed: 1999

Cherokee-Lemp Historic District

The Missouri River is the longest river in North America, stretching for 2,341 miles from its source in Montana to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico.