How Do We Understand the Past?

Historical marker location:

5700 Lindell Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on DeBaliviere Circle south of Lindell Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.)

History Underfoot: 1901

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.