Friday, December 5, 2008

Ugh . . . History.

My parents are big on History. As am I. I do my history, look up stuff.... yada yada yada.
But today, I looked up something that caught my eye.

The Baldknobbers.

They are a vigilante gang from the era after the Civil War. Hired by the government, they found confederate troops planning uprisings. Soon after their treaty with the government, Chaos broke loose. They ransacked Branson, Missouri and different places along the Ozarks. It was Hell-On-Earth for the people in Branson. Soon enough, the uprisings caused by gangs and leaders of the vigilantes calmed down. Until the Christianity Era, is what they called it. They met on Baldknobbers in the Ozarks, and planned more uprisings. They would break down doors and jump through windows and shoot people, for money, for anything, as a matter-of-fact. They were rampant, violent, ruthless, ALL the things you can think of about a Gang. They wore Skiing masks with horns, and threw people into the Sinkhole at Marvel Cave, acting like they were monkies and seemed like they were throwing them to the very Pits of Hades. After their time, The deputy dept. finally found them, and stopped them. Most of them were hanged, others broke out of prison. It was chaos.

The Fire In The Hole ride is about them, when Branson is ransacked. Im ganna try it, the ride is at Silver Dollar City. WOOOHOOO!

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