James Monroe

Historical marker location:

109 2nd Street, Monroe City, Missouri

( Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 24) south of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling south.)

Fifth President of the United States 1817-1825. Author of the Monroe Doctrine / Namesake of Monroe City and Monroe County.

The first successful parachute jump from a moving airplane was made by a Missouri native named Albert Berry in St. Louis in 1912.