Embracing Local History: Part 84 – OWNBEY LAKE'S MOST MEMORABLE EVENT

As mentioned in our previous episode, one of the largest and most notable of events ever held at Ownbey Lake occurred on July 4, 1924. Not only was Ownbey Lake deceived into believing they were holding a good event, but the City of Kirksville was also deceived. And, we dare say, most of the USA was also tricked in the 1920s by the resurgence of the organization known as the Ku Klux Klan into believing they had changed from their old ways of the post-Civil War era.

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