Thread by @davetroy

Here's some 1850's style weird gold + gov't overthrow stuff... unclear how connected this is with the later iterations exactly, but JFC people, what a tedious recurring theme!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_o…

Echoes of the Business Plot + January 6th: "The plan was to prevent Lincoln from reaching Washington by capturing him in Baltimore. Then they would occupy the District of Columbia, and install Breckinridge as president instead of Lincoln." Sigh.

KGC looks like a totally quality outfit, amirite?

"Floyd used his position as Secretary of War to move munitions and men to the South... His plot was discovered, and led to greater distrust of secret societies ... This distrust was the result of a confirmed plot to overthrow the federal government"

More background on KGC and the gold coin stash found in Baltimore in 1934.
legendsofamerica.com/trs-kgctreasur…

Good background piece from the Cincinnati Enquirer from Aug 21, 2011. Basically argues that KGC founder Bickley was a huge con man and grifter. Sounds about right. And suggests KGC was a model for KKK, a claim others have also made.

More on the discovery of the supposed KGC gold cache in Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun, Sep 7, 2008.