The Old Chouteau Trading Post / Le Vieil Etablissement Commercial Chouteau

Historical marker location:

400 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri

( Marker is on Grand Boulevard south of 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.)

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.