1920: First Ku Klux Klan Klavern in Indiana
Evansville hosted the first klavern of the Ku Klux Klan that was located north of the Mason-Dixon line. The state’s Klan later became the largest and most powerful in the nation.
Cited by: L.C. Rudolph, Hoosier Faiths: A History of Indiana Churches and Religious Groups (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1995): section: “Ku Klux Klan,” 546-550, 557. [6pp.]