Government Hill & The World's Fair Pavilion

Historical marker location:

82 Government Drive, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Government Drive, 0.2 miles east of Washington Drive, on the right when traveling east.)

A Landscape and a Heritage Restored. Forest Park

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.