Pendleton City Hall

Historical marker location:

500 Southwest Dorion Avenue, Pendleton, Oregon

( Marker is at the intersection of Southwest Dorion Avenue and Southwest 5th Street, on the right when traveling east on Southwest Dorion Avenue.)

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."