Official letterhead of the Grand Dragon of the KKK for the Realm of Washington

ID: 5897 ~ Source: Photo courtesy of the Gonzaga University Archives and Special Collections.

This file appears in: The “Invisible Empire” on Riverside Ave: The KKK of the 1920s and 1930s in Spokane

The letterhead shows the address of the KKK in the Hyde Building in Spokane, and some of the initiation procedures for new members

This file appears in: The “Invisible Empire” on Riverside Ave: The KKK of the 1920s and 1930s in Spokane

The “Invisible Empire” on Riverside Ave: The KKK of the 1920s and 1930s in Spokane

By G. K. Freed

In the 1920s and 1930s, the Hyde Building on W. Riverside Avenue served as the headquarters for Spokane Ku Klux Klan. This building, located in the heart of downtown, also housed offices for the U.S. District Court in Spokane. The Klan used official…