The Ku Klux Klan in South Dakota

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.

• | Author: Arley Kenneth Fadness
• | Publisher: History Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 18, 2024
• | Number of Pages: 192 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1467154245
• | ISBN-13: 9781467154246