Oregon Trail Memorial

Historical marker location:

64348 Old Highway 30, Meacham, Oregon

( Marker is on Old Highway 30 near Main Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1925

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."