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The Klu Klux Klan recruits in El Paso In the summer of 1921, the KKK showed up in El Paso. Considering the local conditions at the time, it was questionable whether the KKK would have any degree of success in El Paso. El Paso's racial tensions and the problems posed by the city's border location was important in laying the groundwork for the Ku Klux Klan. El Paso presented the KKK with an opportunity for playing on racial fears. The Texas Klan was occupied with issues concerning law, order, and social morality. There was no community in Texas more concerned with these issues than El Paso. The city was perfect for the growth of the KKK. It's not for sure when the Klan first came to the El Paso area, but as early as May, 1921, there was a Klan recruiter in El Paso. Kellogg ( the recruiter ) set up his headquarters in the Sheldon Hotel. There he had a lot of strange meetings and received a lot of phone calls. In the New York World's expose of the Ku Klux Klan, Kellogg was listed as the "King eagle" for the "realm" of New Mexico. Nobody really knows if Kellogg had recruited members in El Paso. . Certain El Pasoans were ready to fight with the Ku Klux Klan in 1921. One of the enemies of the Klan w
Considering the local conditions at the time, it was questionable whether the KKK would have any degree of success in El Paso. Then I bet that there wouldn't have been any threats to any body made and the KKK would of recruited their members and moved on. The city was perfect for the growth of the KKK. Nobody really knows if Kellogg had recruited members in El Paso. Deprived of an opening for its views in local press, Frontier Klan No. The city was perfect for the growth of the KKK. On September 15, it was rumored that the El Paso Klan might have a parade, but if they did have a parade it would end up in total violence. Certain El Pasoans were ready to fight with the Ku Klux Klan in 1921. But they sent the money back to man. Edward promised to do all that was within his power to put down the activities of the Ku Klux Klan or any other secret order. In the New York World's expose of the Ku Klux Klan, Kellogg was listed as the "King eagle" for the "realm" of New Mexico. By late September there, were more than 300 members of the KKK and the number was still growing. El Paso presented the KKK with an opportunity for playing on racial fears.
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