Historical Marker

Fort Clatsop

Historical marker location:
33842 Warrenton-Astoria Highway, Astoria, Oregon
( Marker is at the intersection of Warrenton-Astoria Highway (Business U.S. 101) and Fort Clatsop Road, on the left when traveling west on Warrenton-Astoria Highway.)

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."
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