by Meg Dunn | Apr 8, 2020 | Agricultural College / A&M / CSU, Berthoud, Johnstown & Milliken, Boulder, Buckeye, Waverly & Wellington, Fort Collins, Greeley, Laporte / Bellvue, Loveland, Masonville/Buckhorn Valley, Nunn & the High Plains, Schools K-12, Weld County, Windsor & Timnath
As the 1918 Influenza Pandemic swept through Northern Colorado, schools were shut down, churches stopped meeting, theaters were closed, and grocery shopping required calling in your order and picking it up at the door.
by Meg Dunn | Jul 28, 2019 | Boulder, Denver, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Greeley, Laporte / Bellvue, Loveland, Weld County
Timeline of the KKK in (mostly northern) Colorado in the 1920s by Meg Dunn | Jul 28, 2019 | Boulder, Denver, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Greeley, Laporte / Bellvue, Loveland, Weld County | 0 comments Robert Alan Goldberg’s 1981 book entitled Hooded Empire: the Ku...
by Meg Dunn | Jul 28, 2019 | Boulder, Cultural Character, Denver, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Greeley, Laporte / Bellvue, Loveland, National History, Weld County
The Klan in Northern Colorado,Part 7 — We Weren’t Immune by Meg Dunn | Jul 28, 2019 | Boulder, Cultural Character, Denver, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Greeley, Laporte / Bellvue, Loveland, Weld County | 0 comments The Ku Klux Klan had an unusually expansive influence...
by Meg Dunn | Jul 10, 2019 | Boulder, Cultural Character, Denver, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, National History, Weld County
The Klan in Colorado Part 6 – Bringing Religion into It by Meg Dunn | Jul 10, 2019 | Berthoud, Boulder, Buckeye, Waverly & Wellington, Cultural Character, Denver, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Greeley, Laporte / Bellvue, Loveland, National History | 1 comment On...
by Meg Dunn | Mar 4, 2019 | Boulder, Cultural Character, Denver, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, National History, Weld County
If your perception of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado in the 1920s was largely a political movement for White Protestant men, think again. In this article you’ll learn about an artist and a suffragette who were also actively involved in the KKK.
by Meg Dunn | Nov 2, 2018 | Boulder, Cultural Character, Denver, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, National History, Weld County
How did the Klan grow so large in the 1920s in Colorado? Why did people that we otherwise might have thought of as fine Coloradans pull on the white robe and hood? How were some people convinced that fiery crosses were a symbol of family values? The answer is strategic marketing built on a foundation of fear.
by Meg Dunn | Oct 26, 2018 | Boulder, Cultural Character, Denver, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, National History, Weld County
The Ku Klux Klan was at the top of its game in Colorado as 1924 came to a close. The organization had swept the statewide elections, putting Klansmen into positions of power on the U. S. Senate, the Colorado House and Senate, as governor of the state, as mayor of the state’s capital, and in numerous other positions throughout Colorado. But they were soon to discover that gaining power and keeping power were two very different things.
by Meg Dunn | Oct 24, 2018 | Boulder, Cultural Character, Denver, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, National History, Weld County
Simmons “new and improved” version of the Klan got underway in 1915, but it didn’t gain traction until, in 1920, the organization hired a publicity company to help spread its gospel far and wide. What made the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan different than its Reconstruction-era predecessor? For one thing, it was organized.
