Historical Marker
A National Cemetery System
Historical marker location:
1024 E McCarty St, Jefferson City, Missouri
( Marker is on East McCarty Street just west of Locust Street, on the left when traveling west.)
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.