How Else Can a Park Serve Its Community?

Historical marker location:

5700 Lindell Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on DeBaliviere Circle south of Lindell Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.)

History Underfoot: 1911-1950s

The famous Dred Scott case, which helped fuel the tensions that led to the Civil War, originated in Missouri. Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom in the Missouri courts in 1857, but the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately ruled against him.