Tim McCarver

Historical marker location:

6144 Delmar Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Delmar Boulevard west of Rosedale Avenue, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2014

Born October 16, 1941.

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.