1735

Historical marker location:

Cape Girardeau, Missouri

( Marker is on North Water Street north of Broadway Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Girardot Post.

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.