Ulysses S. Grant

Historical marker location:

6394 Delmar Boulevard, University City, Missouri

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

Marker installed: 1990

Born April 27, 1822.

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.