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Bookmark or Share- The Fierce Missouri Bald Knobbers – Legends of AmericaThe nation’s newspapers published stories about the bloody war in Missouri, and the Bald Knobbers were described as the nation’s largest and fiercest vigilante movement. In 1887, the Bald Knobbers killed William Edens and Charley Green, both of whom had been critical of the group, and seriously injured several members of their families.
- Self-Righteous Devils: What Ozark Vigilantes of the 1880s Reveal About ...In a region where the Civil War had laid waste to the rule of law, ne’er do wells like the notorious James-Younger Gang and vigilante groups like the Bald Knobbers emerged to fill the void of authority. Admirers saw them as righteous folk heroes; adversaries regarded them as murderous thugs.
- Bald Knobbers - WikipediaThe Bald Knobbers were a group of vigilantes in the Ozark region of southwest Missouri, United States from 1885 to 1889. They are commonly depicted wearing black horned hoods with white outlines of faces painted on them, a distinction that evolved during the rapid proliferation of the group into neighboring counties from its Taney County origins.
- The Bald Knobbers: Ozark Mountain Vigilantes Who Took Law Into Their ...February 8, 2022 Matt Fratus. The Bald Knobbers were a vigilante group organized in the 1880s to restore law and order in southwest Missouri. The Bald Knobbers were later depicted, as pictured here, in the 1919 film The Shepherd of the Hills. Composite by Coffee or Die Magazine.
- Were the Bald Knobbers Law-and-Order Folk Heroes or Murderous Thugs ...A sign in the exitway of the Fire in the Hole ride references the first large-scale meeting of the Taney County Bald Knobbers, which took place on a treeless ridge called Snapp’s Bald. “The Anti-Horse Thief Association” was a common name among 19th century vigilante groups, but it was never the Bald Knobbers’ name.
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