Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

328 Main Street, Platte City, Missouri

( Memorial is at the intersection of Main Street and 3rd Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.)

Marker installed: 2006

Lest We Forget. Duty Honor Country.

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.