Rue Royale

Historical marker location:

707 North 1st Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of North 1st Street and Lucas Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North 1st Street.)

Marker installed: 2014

First Street

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.