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In the 1880s, the Ozark hills around Taney County, Missouri, echoed with the sound of Winchester rifles. Men were lynched from tree limbs by masked night riders. Bundles of switches were tossed on the porches of "loose" men and women as a grim warning to reform or leave the area.
In this action-filled saga of the notorious eight-year career of the vigilantes, journalist Mary Hartman and historian Elmo Ingenthron have produced the most comprehensive account of the Bald Knobber era. They trace the roots of the group in the region's border struggles during the Civil War, and examine the organization of anti-Bald Knobbers which sprang up to oppose them.
Giant Nat Kinney founded the Bald Knobbers, and led them in their violent campaign for law and order. Andrew Coggburn wrote satirical songs to infuriate Kinney and the other vigilantes. Seventeen-year-old Billy Walker murdered an innocent family and was hanged by the beleaguered authorities. Five opponents of the Bald Knobbers vowed to kill Nat Kinney, and played cards to decide who would do the deed.
Elmo Ingenthron was an Ozarks historian, and collected Bald Knobbers lore for more than thirty-five years. Mary Hartman is a veteran journalist and freelance writer.
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Rud Ferd
reviewed Bald Knobbers; Vigilantes on the Ozarks Frontier on July 15, 2012
Bald Knobbers
You might think that in the 1880s the Ozarks of South Missouri were a peaceful backwater. You'd be wrong. Homesteaders were taking advantage of Federal law to take up lands bypassed by earlier migrations or abandoned during the Civil War. Bitterness from the Bushwhacking days of the war lingered. Crime, ranging from moonshining, horse-stealing, to homicide, was on the upswing. In the midst of this Nathaniel McKinney, a Union veteran and bare-knuckle boxer, stepped in and organized the Bald Knobbers. They were a vigilante movement dedicated to driving out anyone they identified as a criminal by any means necessary.
The Bald Knobbers made their mark by lynching suspected criminals and intimidating others. They were noted for the elaborate devil-mask disguises they wore.
As was so often the case, the vigilantes soon considered any opposition to their reign to be the same as criminal activity. Throughout S. Central Missouri the Bald Knobbers and their foes waged a covert war of assassination, threats, lynchings, and gun battles. Hartman & Ingenthron document the events in excellent detail with impartiality. A timeline of events is included along with numerous maps & illustrations. Though some might say this is more Southern than Western history, one can argue these categories are not entirely separate.
I highly recommend Bald Knobbers for anyone looking into Ozark history.
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