Matson to Augusta

Historical marker location:

3512 Alice Avenue, Matson, Missouri

( Marker is on Lucille Avenue west of Missouri Highway 94, on the right when traveling west.)

Points of Interest.

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.