Historical Marker
Frank Joerden Building
Historical marker location:
123 West Main Street, Washington, Missouri
( Marker is on West Main Street east of Oak Street.)
Marker installed: 2011
1859.
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.