Knights Of The Golden Circle, Knights Of The Golden Circle Treasure

The Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC) was a secret society originally founded to promote the interests of the Southern United States. It was to prepare the way for annexation of a golden circle of territories in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean to be included in the United States as slave states. Most members were recruited in the Southwest, in Texas, New Mexico Territory and California. During the American Civil War, some Southern sympathizers in the Northern states such as Ohio and Indiana, were accused of belonging to the Knights of the Golden Circle. By 1863, numerous citizens and active politicians in areas bordering the north of the Ohio River were members or were in similar organizations influenced by it. Jesse James faked his death and quietly lived out his life in southeast Kansas, has a prominent role in a documentary airing tonight offering new theories on what the bank robber did with his wealth. The show, which airs at 8 p.m. CST on the History Channel, suggests James hid the stolen money in various locations and used it to finance exploits of the Knights of the Golden Circle, a forebear of the Ku Klux Klan.