Lackland / Baker Mansion

Historical marker location:

10418 Lackland Rd, Overland, Missouri

( Marker is on Lackland Road just west of Lake Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)

1844. City of Overland.

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.