Historical Marker
URTX #37144
Historical marker location:
3015 Barrett Station Road, Kirkwood, Missouri
( Marker can be reached from Barrett Station Road east of Old Dougherty Ferry Road, on the right when traveling east.)
Union Refrigerator Transit Lines. 1948.
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.