Circa 1904

Historical marker location:

717 North 6th Street, St. Charles, Missouri

( Marker is on North 6th Street north of Decatur Street, on the left when traveling north.)

717 N. Sixth St.

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.