Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were two of America’s most famous outlaws during the Great Depression. Together with the Barrow Gang, they committed robberies across states and were responsible for 13 deaths, including nine police officers.
In July 1933, the Barrow Gang hid out in Dallas County, Iowa, and this was the beginning of their downfall. They were on the run from a recent shootout in Platte City, Missouri, where Clyde’s older brother, Buck, had been severely wounded.
Looking for a place where Buck could rest and recover, Bonnie, Clyde, Buck, his wife Blanche, and a teenager named W.D. Jones set up a hidden camp in a wooded area north of Dexter, located at the old Dexfield Amusement Park…