A Wealthy Suburb

Historical marker location:
3313 DeMenil Place, Saint Louis, Missouri
( Marker is on DeMenil Place south of Utah Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2004

Cherokee-Lemp Historic District

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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.