Laura Ingalls Wilder

Historical marker location:

Mansfield, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of Commercial Street and U.S. 60, on the right when traveling east on Commercial Street.)

Marker installed: 1993

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.