Clinton's Drugstore

Historical marker location:

100 West Maple Avenue, Independence, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Main Street, on the left when traveling east on Maple Avenue.)

Truman Historic Walking Tour Stop 3.

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.