John Weisert Tobacco Company

Historical marker location:

1120 South 6th Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on South 6th Street, 0.1 miles north of Hickory Street, on the right when traveling north.)

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.