Rookie Sensation

Historical marker location:

700 Clark Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on South Broadway south of Spruce Street, on the right when traveling south.)

October 15, 1982. Greatest Moments

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.