Stanley Frank Musial

Historical marker location:

700 Clark Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of South 8th Street and Clark Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South 8th Street.)

Marker installed: 1998

"The Man". St. Louis Cardinals 1941-1963

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.