Lancaster

Historical marker location:

Lancaster, Missouri

( Marker is on U.S. 63, ½ mile north of Washington Street (State Highway 136), on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1957

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.