Robert L. "Bob" Pettit Jr.

Historical marker location:

3861 East Stan Musial Drive, Springfield, Missouri

( Marker is on Stan Musial Drive south of U.S. 60, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2007

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.