Historical Marker
The Minor House
Historical marker location:
314 North Spring Street, Independence, Missouri
( Marker is on North Spring Street, 0 miles south of West White Oak Street, on the right when traveling south.)
(built ca. 1885).
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.