First Methodist Church

Historical marker location:

617 S Main St, St. Charles, Missouri

( Marker is on South Main Street north of Perry Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1996

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.