1996

Historical marker location:

801 North 4th Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of North Broadway and Convention Plaza, on the right when traveling north on North Broadway.)

The Missouri Ozarks region is home to the "Bald Knobbers", a vigilante group that formed in the 1880s to enforce the law in the area. They were named after the bald hilltops where they held their meetings and were known for wearing black hoods and using violence to maintain order.