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    Jefferson

    National Expansion Memorial Missouri

Rock Climbing

Go vertical on one of two portable climbing walls at ParkPalooza!

Go vertical on one of two climbing walls at ParkPalooza!

Climbers have long known that National Park sites like Joshua Tree and New River Gorge boast some of the sport's most radical rock sites.

So harness up and get a taste of this thrilling sport at ParkPalooza!

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Did You Know?

Drawing of Dred Scott from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1857

In 1846, a slave named Dred Scott sued for his freedom at the St. Louis Courthouse. His case went all the way to the Supreme Court, where the verdict set the stage for the Civil War. Today, the Old Courthouse is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. Click to learn more about Dred Scott. More...