Arch Cape Carronade

Historical marker location:

79729 US-101, Arch Cape, Oregon

( Marker is on Oregon Coast Highway (U.S. 101) north of Carnahan Road North, on the right when traveling north.)

Oregon was the only state in the United States to have a government run by the Ku Klux Klan. In the 1920s, the KKK gained significant political power in Oregon, electing a governor, a mayor, and several legislators. This era of Oregon's history is known as the "Klanbake."