How Do We Support Culture?

Historical marker location:

5700 Lindell Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of Lagoon Drive and DeBaliviere Circle, on the right when traveling south on Lagoon Drive.)

History Underfoot: 1971

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.