Sarcoxie, Missouri

Historical marker location:

506 Center Street, Sarcoxie, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of 5th Street and Cross Street, on the left when traveling north on 5th Street.)

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.