The Elusive Cemetery

Historical marker location:

1937 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

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

Marker installed: 1999

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.