Rock Fort Camp

Historical marker location:

401 East 2nd Street, The Dalles, Oregon

( Marker is on East 2nd Street (Business U.S. 30) near Federal Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1993

October 25, 1805.

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."