Whitesburg militia disbanded amid Ku Klux Klan history
The Whitesburg Kentucky militia company has mustered out after completing its tasked work amid a long record of Ku Klux Klan depredations in eastern Kentucky. The piece recalls feuds, murders, and reprisals across multiple counties, noting the group’s formation to combat terror and its lasting impact on the region.
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Ku Klux Klan
Letcher
United States
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Killing Rock
Steathitt County
Pike County
Perry County
Josiah Combs
Hazard
Breathitt County
Harlan County
Ku Klux members given life sentences in Kentucky case
Five or more Ku Klux members surrendered to officers and were moved to Pineville in Bell county for safety. They were tried separately and each received life sentences in the Kentucky penitentiary. The assassination of Middlesboro barber Jack Bolin is linked to the Harlan county Klan.
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Virginia
Wise County
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Letcher County
Ku‘ Klux Klan
Leteher County
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John Reynolds
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Ikowiste
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Anot
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William S. Weight
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Hoone
Fork
Wright
George Sexton
Hranb Creek
Rowlett Hale
Rockhouse
Rockhouse Creek
John P Craft
Della Craft
Sarah Creek
Boone Hil
Blaine Combs
Combs
Manchester
Clay County
Boone Hills
Louis Lucas
John W. Wright
Millstone Creek
Boone Fork
Chickamauga Park
William Wright
Isaac Millard
Pike County
Pose
John Henry Bikins
Willie Wright
Commonwealth
Ku Klux
Pineville
Bell County
Jack Bolin
Middlesborough
Harlan County
Bolin
Jitney Sinks In Los Angeles Electric Car Collision
An electric car ad hoc collision in Los Angeles ended with no fatalities but a near-total wreck of the jitney. A passenger from the monitor Cheyenne described the incident in a letter to a trolley company claim agent, noting the binnacle light outage as a probable cause.
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