Neptune

Historical marker location:

318 West 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of 47th Street (U.S. 56) and Wornall Road, on the right when traveling west on 47th Street.)

God of the Sea.

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.