Sold on the Steps of Justice

Historical marker location:

11 N 4th St, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on North 4th Street north of Market Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Jefferson National Expansion Museum

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.