I think you may find that the Klan had organizations in many towns from 1900-1930. I wrote a history of our small community in Kansas at the time of the US Bicentennial. As I poured over the old newspapers, I was surprised to see notices of ice cream socials, public meetings with free lemonade, children's events, etc. all sponsored by the Klan. In fact, on occasion it included names of persons who were participating as officers, etc. I asked an old friend of mine who remembered it well and she told me stories. I was pretty sure there were no black people in the community at that time, and asked why they had formed. Her belief (she and her husband did not belong, but a brother and a brother-in-law were members) was that in that community they had several "purposes" one was a matter of controlling the religions they wanted in the community, another was to "look after" women who were being abused by spouses. It all happened before I was born, so I cannot give any further information. Gayle gayle1@wheatstate.com