The Trapper Cottage

Historical marker location:

811 Allen Ave, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Allen Avenue west of South 8th Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2019

811 Allen Ave.. circa 1810

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.