Bonnie and clyde

Bonnie and Clyde - History

  • The Birth of Clyde Barrow

    The Birth of Clyde Barrow
    Clyde Chestnut Barrow was Born in Ellis County, Texas, just south of Dallas. He was the fifth of seven children, in a poor family.
  • The birth of Bonnie Parker

    The birth of Bonnie Parker
    Bonnie Parker was born in Rowena, Texas, and the second of three children. After her dad died in 1914, Bonnies mom moved the children to West Dallas, where they lived in poverty.
  • The Honor roll Student, Bonnie Parker

    The Honor roll Student, Bonnie Parker
    Bonnie Parker, An honor roll student in high school where she excelled in creative writing, she won a County League contest in literary arts, for Cement City School, and even gave introductory speeches for local politicians.
  • Bonnie Parker gets Married

    Bonnie Parker gets Married
    Less than a week before her 16th birthday, Bonnie Parker gets married to Ray Thornton. The marriage was short, they seperated, but never divorced.
  • Bonnie Parker is arrested

    Bonnie Parker is arrested
    Bonnie Parker was captured in a failed robbery attempt in Kaufman, Texas, and was subsequently jailed.
  • Clyde Barrow committs a robbery

    Barrow was involved in a robbery in Hillsboro, Texas, during which shopkeeper J. N. Bucher was shot and killed.
  • Bonnie and Clyde kill their second victim

    While Parker was visiting her mother, Barrow, Hamilton and Everett Milligan were drinking alcohol at a country dance in Stringtown, Oklahoma (illegal under Prohibition). When Sheriff C.G. Maxwell and his deputy, Eugene C. Moore, approached them in the parking lot, Barrow opened fire,