Boone's Lick Trail

Historical marker location:

405 Boone's Lick Road, St. Charles, Missouri

( Marker is on Boone's Lick Road west of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Covered Wagon - circle 1820-1860. Historic Marker, St. Charles, Missouri.

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.