Historical Marker
William Bent - Seth Ward Home
Historical marker location:
1032 West 55th Street, Kansas City, Missouri
( Marker is on 55st Street, 0.1 miles east of Ward Parkway, on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1976
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.