1959 Cherokee

Historical marker location:

1959 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Cherokee Street, on the right when traveling east on Wisconsin Avenue.)

Marker installed: 2007

The Gilded Age. Cherokee-Lemp Historic District

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.