Historical Marker
39th Regiment Monument
Historical marker location:
1024 E McCarty St, Jefferson City, Missouri
( Memorial can be reached from East McCarty Street just west of Locust Street, on the left when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1868
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.