When I began researching the Ku Klux Klan in Minnesota, I went to the Steele County Historical Society to check their files. I found a folder titled Ku Klux Klan. Inside was one clipping:
I now have a filing cabinet almost filled with information on the Klan.
Chartered October 1, 1926 at the Owatonna Fire Hall –
Klan Number 5
800 in attendance
Units from Waseca, Kenyon, Dodge Center and Rochester were also chartered at the Fire Hall that night
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