Cement Plant Workers

Historical marker location:

Ilasco, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 79 and Ilasco Drive, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 79.)

Marker installed: 2010

"Generation After Generation".

The Missouri State Penitentiary, located in Jefferson City, was once the oldest operating prison west of the Mississippi River. It opened in 1836 and closed in 2004.