January 19, 1922

The Sheridan Headlight announced the organization of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Grant County, noting that the members and meetings were unknown. In March 1922, the KKK demonstrated with a parade through the streets of Sheridan that drew one of the largest crowds of its time. However, in the late 1920s, the Klan declined rapidly in popularity in the state. Few black families lived in Sheridan (Grant County) until the 1920s, when those numbers increased due primarily to the arrival of forest industries that employed black workers.