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

During the 1920s and 1930s, Spokane's Riverside Avenue was more than a bustling hub of downtown commerce—it was also a shadowy stronghold for the Ku Klux Klan. Behind unassuming office doors, the…