Ku Klux Klan Cross Burning at Tower City, 1923
From West Schuylkill Herald, 28 December 1923, came the first open evidence of the establishment of the Ku Klux Klan at Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: KU KLUX KLAN BURNS […]
From West Schuylkill Herald, 28 December 1923, came the first open evidence of the establishment of the Ku Klux Klan at Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: KU KLUX KLAN BURNS […]
Previously on this blog, the death and funeral of Simon Nelson was described: Simon Peter Nelson was born on 23 October 1878, in Orwin, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the […]
The Pottsville Republican, of 30 June 1927, reported on a Ku Klux Klan event for the 4th of July – a parade of Klansmen in Minersville. Klan Parades at Minersville […]
Simon Peter Nelson was born on 23 October 1878, in Orwin, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Nelson, an immigrant from Germany, and his wife, Rebecca [Heberling] […]
A report on the attendance of more than a thousand persons for the first Lykens Valley Ku Klux Klan Field Day appeared in the Lykens Standard in 1926. This post […]
In mid-October 1924, Lykens residents were alerted by three blasts of the colliery horn to the igniting of a cross on the culm banks north of the town. This, along […]
Although no actual attendance count was given, a news report praised the Ku Klux Klan demonstration that was held in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in late June 1927. The anti-immigrant […]
Sarah Jane [Zerby] Machamer died on 16 Jul 1926 in Williamstown, Dauphin County. Her parents were Henry Zerby (1829-1922) and Sarah S. [Wolf] Zerby (1833-1906). Her husband was Charles Machamer. […]