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Kool Koast Kamp
Kool Koast Kamp
	Kool Koast Kamp Kool Koast Kamp
Location	near Rockport, Texas
Coordinates	28°06′17″N 97°01′17″W / 28.104641°N 97.021415°W
Previous names	Cool Coast Camp
Type	holiday camp
Residences	c.40
Restaurants	1
Facilities	2 piers
Season	May 1 - September 10
Operated by	Ku Klux Klan
Owner	Ku Klux Klan
Established	1920s
Slogan	The Healthiest road to the Koolest Summer

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The Kool Koast Kamp was an exclusive whites-only resort run by the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s.^[1] It was located 4 miles from Rockport, on Live Oak Peninsula, Aransas Bay.

The advertising carried a statement of approval by the Grand Dragon of the Realm of Texas, Z. L. Marvin^[2] and the Great Titans of the five Provinces of Texas.

It was originally known as the Cool Coast Camp, ^[3]^[4] when it was opened in the early 1920s.^[5]^[6]

References

^ Onion, Rebecca (5 March 2013). "Going to Summer Kamp With the KKK". Slate. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
^ Brown, Norman D. "TEXAS IN THE 1920S". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
^ "AMONG THE MISSING/What happened to all those giant coastal sawfish?". Houston Chronicle. May 18, 1995. Turns out the Cool Coast Camp was one of the first "tourist" camps in the Rockport area, having been opened in the early 1920s, closing later that decade, then reopening for a thankfully-brief time as the Kool Koast Kamp, a youth camp sponsored by the Ku Klux Klan.
^ "Wacoans Return From Coast". Society. The Waco Times-Herald. 2 August 1926. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Longest Unpaved Road". Bryan-College Station Eagle. Bryan, Texas. 27 August 1924. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rockport notices". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Corpus Christi, Texas. 3 July 1927. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com. The Cool Coast Camp which opened some time by Mr. Harrel of Corpus Christi is doing a very good business.

External links

To All the Klans and Klansmen of Texas Greetings: Kool Koast Kamp. The Healthiest road to the Koolest Summer. Duke University
"Inside the KKK summer camp: That's Kool Koast Kamp where white supremacists went to relax in the 1920s". Mail Online. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

[1] Onion, Rebecca (5 March 2013). "Going to Summer Kamp With the KKK". Slate. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

[2] Brown, Norman D. "TEXAS IN THE 1920S". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

[3] "AMONG THE MISSING/What happened to all those giant coastal sawfish?". Houston Chronicle. May 18, 1995. Turns out the Cool Coast Camp was one of the first "tourist" camps in the Rockport area, having been opened in the early 1920s, closing later that decade, then reopening for a thankfully-brief time as the Kool Koast Kamp, a youth camp sponsored by the Ku Klux Klan.

[4] "Wacoans Return From Coast". Society. The Waco Times-Herald. 2 August 1926. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] "Longest Unpaved Road". Bryan-College Station Eagle. Bryan, Texas. 27 August 1924. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.

[6] "Rockport notices". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Corpus Christi, Texas. 3 July 1927. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com. The Cool Coast Camp which opened some time by Mr. Harrel of Corpus Christi is doing a very good business.

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