Historical Marker
Duty, Honor, County
Historical marker location:
located in Hurley's Homestead Park, Hurley, Missouri
Marker installed: 1981
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.