James Bridger Gravesite

Historical marker location:

614 S Brookside Avenue, Independence, Missouri

( Marker can be reached from Cemetery Road, 0.4 miles Winner Road, on the left when traveling west.)

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.