Historic Site

Historical marker location:

721 Pestalozzi Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of Pestalozzi Street and South 9th Street, on the right when traveling west on Pestalozzi Street.)

Main Office Building. 721 Pestalozzi Street

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.