Historical Marker
Tibbs Building
Historical marker location:
19 N 5th St, Columbia, Missouri
( Marker is at the intersection of East Walnut Street and North 5th Street, on the right when traveling east on East Walnut Street.)
Marker installed: 2019
African American Heritage Trail.
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.