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Faquawah was a group of Grand Junction, Colorado business men who enjoyed camping in Southeastern Utah, near Canyonlands and Lake Powell. They traveled by automobile and spent a week camping. Membership required a ritual. According to member Al Look, the word Faquawah is derived from two Native American words (he does not specify from which Native American language the words come, and he may be speaking tongue in cheek). “Fa” means “three sleeps”...
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A branch of a revised version of the organization that began in 1915 and grew stronger in the 1920s. The Ku Klux Klan inflamed prevailing prejudices against Catholics, Jews, Blacks and immigrants, and promised a return to "Old Time Religion" and Americanism. As Colorado was a primarily Protestant state, the Klan's influence was particularly strong here during the 1920's. The Klan had several members in positions of power, including the governor,...
