Gyo Obata

Historical marker location:

6325 Delmar Boulevard, University City, Missouri

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

Marker installed: 1992

Born February 28, 1923.

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.