Historical Marker
Haas Building
Historical marker location:
106 North Washington Street, Neosho, Missouri
( Marker is at the intersection of Washington Street and Spring Street, on the left when traveling north on Washington 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.