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Sowers gained notoriety on November 21, 1933, when renowned criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow met family members at dusk near what is now Texas Highway 183 approximately one and a quarter miles northwest of the community, where Barrow had arranged a clandestine picnic to celebrate his mother's fifty-ninth birthday.
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910 – May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut "Champion" Barrow (March 24, 1909 – May 23, 1934) were American outlaws who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression, committing a series of criminal acts such as bank robberies, kidnappings, and murders between 1932 and 1934.
The road ended here for Bonnie and Clyde. The lawmen confronted Bonnie and Clyde on a rural road near Gibsland, Louisiana at 9:15 a.m. on May 23, 1934, after 102 days tracking them. Barrow stopped his car at the ambush spot and the posse's 150-round fusillade was so thunderous that people for miles around thought a logging crew had used ...
Perry Carver is the owner of the Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum in Gibsland, Louisiana. Carver has shared their fascination ever since he was a child and saw the actual death car riddled with bullets.
Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow and W.D. Jones, also known as Jack Sherman, escaped and stole another car in Polk City, according to the Register's archives. Reports sad they may have passed through ...
Bonnie and Clyde in a photo found by police in April 1933 at an abandoned hideout. On May 19, 1933, the Okabena Bank was robbed by Bonnie and Clyde. After leaving the bank, the outlaws' car sped through Okabena, spraying the town with machine-gun fire. Schoolchildren ducked behind trees and bullets sliced through walls and shattered windows.
Associated Press A&E' Networks' "Bonnie & Clyde" two-part mini-series aired last week, with the finale drawing 7.4 million viewers according to the Los Angeles Times. Staring Emile Hisch and ...
The gang was best known for two of its members, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, an unmarried couple. Clyde Barrow was the leader. Other members included: Clyde's older brother Marvin "Buck" Barrow; Buck Barrow's wife Blanche Barrow; W. D. Jones; Henry Methvin; Raymond Hamilton; Joe Palmer; Ralph Fults [1]