Daniel Boone Judgment Tree Memorial

Historical marker location:

3512 Alice Avenue, Matson, Missouri

( Marker is on State Highway 94 north of Lucille Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1999

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.