Four Leaf Clover

Historical marker location:

113 1st Street, Owensville, Missouri

( Marker is on 1st Street north of Peters Avenue, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2014

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.