1990

Historical marker location:

801 North 4th Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of North Broadway and Convention Plaza, on the right when traveling north on North Broadway.)

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.