Can We Control Nature?

Historical marker location:

5620 Grand Drive, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of Grand Drive and Grand Drive, on the right when traveling west on Grand Drive.)

History Underfoot: 1929, 1931

The Missouri State Penitentiary, located in Jefferson City, was once the oldest operating prison west of the Mississippi River. It opened in 1836 and closed in 2004.