At the close of the nineteenth century in the Ozark Plateau, lawlessness ruled.
As community support and interest grew, reporters wrote curious artic.
They formed their own laws and alliances; local ministers donned the Knobber mask and brought justice" to the hills, lynching suspected bootleggers.
In response, a Vigilante force emerged from the Ozark hills: the Bald Knobbers.
Lawmakers, in bed with moonshiners and bootleggers, fueled local crime and turned a blind eye to egregious wrongdoing.
At the close of the nineteenth century in the Ozark Plateau, lawlessness ruled