Historical Marker
Boone's Rock
Historical marker location:
10 East 5th Street, Fulton, Missouri
( Marker is at the intersection of 5th Street and Court Street, on the right when traveling east on 5th Street.)
Marker installed: 1967
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.