Photos: Ku Klux Klan in Colorado in the 1920s
Crosses burn at a KKK night ceremony held on Table Top Mountain in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. A row of men in white hoods that cover the face and robes encircles men in street clothes who kneel with their backs to the camera. Spectators sit in chairs outside the circle, some have on white hoods. Shows a flagpole and the American flag. C. 1924-1925
Photomontage of Ku Klux Klan women members, who include Mrs. Gano Senter, as they prepare to distribute baskets of food for Thanksgiving in Denver, Colorado. One portion of the montage shows a baby, Master Richard, dressed in a robe and hood.
Studio portraits of Laurena Senter, the Imperial Commander of the Colorado Women's Order of the Ku Klux Klan. She wears light colored silk robes, a pointed hat, and cape decorated with crosses. She poses seated, standing, and standing with arm raised. 1925
Members of the Ku Klux Klan kneel and stand around a U. S. flag in a ceremony on Golden Road near Denver, Colorado. A cross illuminated by flashlights is nearby. The men wear hoods and robes. April 16, 1922
Governor Clarence J. Morely takes a cowboy hat from an unknown man dressed as a cowboy, possibly an actor, on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado. Morely served as Governor of Colorado from 1925 to 1927, and was known as the Ku Klux Klan Governor during the political peak of the Klan in the 1920's. Shows four men in cowboy outfits and suits.
View of a burning cross on Ruby Hill, in Denver, Colorado; a man in Ku Klux Klan uniform and hood is to the side. 1920s
Klansmen exchange documents with one another in front of a burning cross and an American flag as other members of the group watch at a rally of the Boulder Chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in Boulder County, Colorado. 1925.
Panoramic night view of men, members of the KKK, in pointed hoods that cover the face and dark or white robes who stand, or sit on horseback, on Table Top Mountain near Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Men in bandanna masks and street clothes kneel before a table with three hooded men; one holds an American flag. Many of the men salute. 1924-25
Members of the KKK, in pointed hoods that cover the face and dark or white robes, stand around a tall cross in a boulder field on the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. They raise their arms in salute. Shows an American flag and the tops of automobiles. July 4, 1923
Group portrait of men (with drums) and women in Ku Klux Klan costume and Revolutionary era uniforms, in Denver, Colorado. 1925
Governor Clarence J. Morely poses in the Governor's office. Morely served as Governor of Colorado from 1925 to 1927, and was known as the Ku Klux Klan Governor during the political peak of the Klan in the 1920's. SHows a desk chair, and house plants and cut flowers.
Ku Klux Klan members and burning crosses encircle a crowd of people at "Kastle Mountain" near Denver, Colorado. Spectators sit in folding chairs. 1925
Photomontage of Ku Klux Klan women members, who include Mrs. Gano Senter, as they prepare to distribute baskets of food for Thanksgiving in Denver, Colorado. One portion of the montage shows a baby, Master Richard, dressed in a robe and hood.
A cross burns at a night meeting of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) on Table Top Mountain near Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Men in white robes and hoods encircle a group of men in street clothes who kneel in front of the burning cross. A container and cups on a tray sit behind rows of chairs. 1924-25
Photomontage of the image of a man, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, in a white hood and robe, mounted on a horse draped with a white robe, superimposed upon an image of Castle Rock on South Table Mountain near Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. 1923-24
Ku Klux Klan members inspect the Miller Special race car owned by Ralph de Palma at Overland Park race track in Denver, Colorado. People crowd the bleachers. The driver, identified as Mr. Miller, wears a duster and holds a cap. (July 1925)
Portrait of a members of the Ku Klux Klan probably in Colorado. They wear water-proof robes and hoods.
Members of the Ku Klux Klan march in a parade on Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. They wear hoods and robes as spectators look on. Parked automobiles line the street. A sign on a building reads: "Western Clothing Co." May 31, 1926
Ku Klux Klan members light candles in metal cans buried in a dirt mound probably in Denver, Colorado. They wear hoods and robes. May 7, 1940
View of a cross burned in Clarence F. Holmes' yard by the KKK near his office at 2602 Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A sign on a nearby building reads: "Industrial Real[ty] Co. [...]" 1925
Studio portrait of women members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The women pose in white hoods and robes with cross emblems. One woman wears a dark cape. 1922-25?
Ku Klux Klan members march by office buildings on Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. May 31, 1926
Two women and a man, members of the Ku Klux Klan, stand near a burning cross at night probably in Denver, Colorado. They wear hoods and robes.
Ku Klux Klan members light candles in metal cans buried in a dirt mound probably in Denver, Colorado. They wear hoods and robes. May 7, 1940
We are taking a look back at the history of the Klan in Colorado—one of several western states that saw among the largest population of members in the early 1920s.