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.]