Traces of the Past

Historical marker location:
700 Clark Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri
( Marker is on Clark Avenue east of South 8th Street (Old U.S. 66), on the right when traveling east.)

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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.