Cheryl Burnett

Historical marker location:

3861 E Stan Musial Dr, Springfield, Missouri

( Marker can be reached from East Stan Musial Drive south of U.S. 60.)

Marker installed: 2015

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.