Historical Marker
Fort Orleans
Historical marker location:
De Witt, Missouri
( Marker is on Jefferson Street east of 7th Street, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1924
1723.
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.