Tipton

Historical marker location:

331 U.S. Highway 50, Tipton, Missouri

( Marker is on U.S. 50 west of Walnut Street, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1955

Butterfield Overland Mail Terminus.

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.