George Harold Sisler

Historical marker location:

700 Clark Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of South 8th Street and Clark Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South 8th Street.)

Marker installed: 2001

St. Louis - Washington A.L.. Boston N.L. - 1915-1930

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.