'The Blast' Site

Historical marker location:

Roseburg, Oregon

( Marker is on oakland-Shady Highway (U.S. 99).)

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."