Historical Marker
A Community within a Community / ~150 Years AgoContraband
Historical marker location:
7400 Grant Road, Affton, Missouri
( Marker can be reached from Grant Road, 0.4 miles north of Gravois Road (State Highway 30), on the right when traveling north.)
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.