Project Gemini

Historical marker location:

6300 James S. McDonnell Boulevard, Berkeley, Missouri

( Marker can be reached from Airport Road east of James S. McDonnell Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2016

The University of Missouri, located in Columbia, was the first public university west of the Mississippi River. It was founded in 1839 and has a long history of academic and athletic excellence.