AMDG Shrine of St. Joseph

Historical marker location:

1220 North 11th Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of North 11th Street and Biddle Street, on the right when traveling north on North 11th Street.)

1844. On the National Register of Historic Places

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.