Hickory County War Memorial

Historical marker location:

Hermitage, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of Polk Street and Spring Street, on the right when traveling west on Polk 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.