Ku Klux Klan

KLAN MEETING AT WESTERLO

There will be a meeting of the Ku Klux Klan at Westerlo on Sunday, Sept. 23rd, (1928) at 2 p. m., standard time, rain or shine. Klan meetings held recently at Gallupville and West Township were well attended. They were estimated to have been the largest meetings ever held in this section. Dr. Hartranft, J. Forrest Cain and John Lyons spoke at Gallupville, and John Lyons at West Township. An illustrated lecture at Gallupville was given by Mr. Lyons.

Altamont Enterprise - September 14, 1928

Gateway to the Altamont Fair

By Melissa Hale-Spencer

As with any historical collection, (Jerry) Oliver's reflects the good and the bad in a community. Among the ephemera are records from the Altamont Ku Klux Klan, most of it from the 1920's, Oliver said. The white supremacist group reached its highest membership in that decade, sweeping post-war Middle America with about 4 million members.

Altamont Enterprise - September 8, 2002

Old-time history comes to life as students peruse documents

By Melissa Hale-Spencer

ALTAMONT — Guilderland students are learning history not through someone else's analysis in a textbook or lecture, but through their own discovery. Their teachers are bringing "artificial artifacts" — that is, copies of old documents and photos of historic objects — into fourth-, seventh-, and eighth grade classrooms, so students can learn hands-on history, piecing out the solutions to questions the way real historians do.

She said the "artifacts" included an early 1900's geography book, local Ku Klux Klan records, a description of a horse carcass rotting on a village street, the diary of a Civil War soldier, and area maps dating back to the 17th century. "The kids are fascinated,"

Altamont Enterprise - October 10, 1996