Schiffedecker Park

Historical marker location:

Joplin, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of Seventh Street and Schiffedecker Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Seventh Street.)

U.S. 66 - Will Rogers Highway. Chicago to Los Angeles.

The state of Missouri was actually named after a tribe of Sioux Indians called the Missouris, whose name means "town of the large canoes".