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Ku Klux Klan
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Grinnell Stories blog by Dan Kaiser
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Ku Klux Klan
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Racism
Post title: When Fiery Crosses Burned...
Date published: June 28, 2017
Link to blog post: https://grinnellstories.blogspot.com/2017/06/when-fiery-crosses-burned.html
Drake Library Archive Digital File Name: Grinnell Stories/2017-06-28 When fiery crosses burned (KKK)
Summary: Kaiser outlines the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Grinnell in the early 1920s. He specifically details the Klan’s presence in downtown Grinnell, Rock Creek, and Austin F. Swaney’s farm in 1924 along with the Klan’s burning of crosses across the city in April of 1925. While individual names of Klan members in surrounding Iowa communities have been revealed, as of yet, none of specific Grinnell members have been discovered.
Central Park, Grinnell, IA, USA
Cross, Rev. Edward W.
First Congregational Church
George, Frank
Goodenow, Leonore
Haag, Orrie
Kueneman, William
Rock Creek, Grinnell, IA, USA
Sarbaugh, Mary Ellen Appleby
Swaney, Austin F.
Vanderveer, Chet
Wasser, Rev. W. C.
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See also 3.4 - Grinnell - History - Ku Klux Klan meeting