John Mason Peck

Historical marker location:

4947 West Florissant Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker can be reached from North Broadway, 0.3 miles south of Calvary Avenue, on the right when traveling south.)

Oct. 31, 1789 - Mar. 16, 1858

Missouri was admitted to the Union as the 24th state on August 10, 1821, becoming the first state entirely west of the Mississippi River.