Robert Gibson

Historical marker location:

700 Clark Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of South 8th Street and Clark Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South 8th Street.)

Marker installed: 1998

St. Louis N.L., 1959-1975

Missouri was admitted to the Union as the 24th state on August 10, 1821, becoming the first state entirely west of the Mississippi River.