Arthur Holly Compton

Historical marker location:

6329 Delmar Boulevard, University City, Missouri

( Marker is on Delmar Boulevard east of Westgate Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1992

Born September 10, 1892.

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.