Official Site of Sportsman's Park

Historical marker location:

2911 N Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of North Grand Boulevard and Dodier Street, on the left when traveling north on North Grand Boulevard.)

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.