Rock Solid

Historical marker location:

Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on North Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard, ½ mile south of Laclede's Landing Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.)

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.