Historical Marker
Gerald Depot
Historical marker location:
430 West Fitzgerald Avenue, Gerald, Missouri
( Marker can be reached from West Fitzgerald Avenue (U.S. 50) west of West 6th Street, on the left when traveling west.)
Rock Island. Built 1909, Relocated 1986.
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.