Historical Marker
Henry Kirklin
Historical marker location:
107 Switzler St, Columbia, Missouri
( Marker is on Switzler Street just west of Lasalle Place, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2019
African-American Heritage Trail.
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.