Pierre Laclède

Historical marker location:

1284 Market St, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of Market Street and North 13th Street, on the right when traveling east on Market Street.)

Marker installed: 1909

The state of Missouri was the birthplace of the ice cream cone. It was invented by a Syrian immigrant named Ernest Hamwi who was selling waffles at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. When an ice cream vendor ran out of dishes, Hamwi rolled up one of his waffles to hold the ice cream and the ice cream cone was born.