Historical Marker

Palmyra

Historical marker location:
100 South Main Street, Palmyra, Missouri
( Marker is on South Main Street, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1955

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.