Hughes House

Historical marker location:

801 South Main Street, Independence, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of South Main Street and West Linden Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1976

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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.