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This article discusses Cleveland County during Reconstruction period in the 1870s, focusing on the rise and activities of the Ku Klux Klan and tensions involving Union League and Red Strings groups. It includes stories involving Capt. Plato Durham, a raid that resulted in the death of a Klansman, and the escape of Ned McBrayer. Later sections describe violent incidents, including the whipping of political opponents and arrests of local citizens by federal authorities.
Publication Date
4-13-1952
City
Shelby, NC
Keywords
Plato Durham, Robert Lee Durham, John Durham, Bush Putnam, Tom Williams, Will E. McArthur, Pat McBrayer, Ned McBrayer, Elisha McBrayer, Luther F. McBrayer, Rube McBrayer, J. R. Davis, LeRoy McAfee, Madison McBrayer, Richard Martin, Martin Hawkins, Decatur DePriest, Aaron V. Biggerstaff, George W. Logan, J. G. Hester, John Moore, Judge Bond, Ku Klux Klan, Union League, Red Strings, Shelby, Rutherford County, Union League
Contributors
Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives
Recommended Citation
Jones, Mamie, "1952, April 13 - Cleveland County Early Days" (1952). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 59.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/59