Historical Marker
1994
Historical marker location:
801 North 4th Street, Saint Louis, Missouri
( Marker is on North Broadway just east of Convention Plaza, on the left when traveling south.)
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.