The Wagon House

Historical marker location:
1817 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, Missouri
( Marker is on Cherokee Street east of Lemp Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1999

Cherokee-Lemp Historic District

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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.