Harry S. Truman

Historical marker location:

1004 Gulf Street, Lamar, Missouri

( Memorial is on Gulf Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1975

May 8 1884 - Dec. 26, 1972.

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.