The Ku Klux Klan in South Dakota
Author | : Arley Kenneth Fadness |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2024-03-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781540260130 |
ISBN-13 | : 1540260135 |
Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: A startling rise and retreat In the 1920s, a reborn Ku Klux Klan slithered into South Dakota. Bold at times, the group intimidated citizens in every county. KKK anti-Catholicism sentiment resulted in the murder of Father Arthur Belknap of Lead. Idealized Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of Mount Rushmore, operated as a white supremacist and KKK leader. In 1925, animosity between the KKK and Fort Meade soldiers came to a clash one night in Sturgis. The clatter of two borrowed .30 caliber Browning cooled machine guns split the air over the heads of a Klan gathering across the valley. Author Arley Fadness follows the Klan's trail throughout the Rushmore state.