Joplin in Newton County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Bonnie & Clyde Garage Apartment

1933

— Historic Joplin —

Bonnie & Clyde Garage Apartment Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Voigt, April 6, 2021

1. Bonnie & Clyde Garage Apartment Marker

Inscription. Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker, Buck and Blanche Barrow and W.D. Jones rented this apartment and holed up inside for several months. On April 13, 1933, law officers from the Joplin Police Department and from Newton County, seeking suspected bootleggers, approached the dwelling. The outlaws opened fire on them killing Joplin detective Harry McGinnis and Newton County Constable J.W. Harryman. The Barrow gang escaped leaving behind a roll of Kodak film that yielded the first publicly seen photographs of the infamous gang.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Law Enforcement • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is April 13, 1933.

Location. 37° 3.097′ N, 94° 31′ W. Marker is in Joplin, Missouri, in Newton County. It is on West 34th Street east of Oak Ridge Drive, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 299 W 34th St, Joplin MO 64804, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southwest Missouri. It is also in the American Ozarks,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North

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America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mercy Park (approx. 0.9 miles away); Compassion (approx. one mile away); Joplin Citizens Lost in May 22, 2011 Tornado (approx. 1.1 miles away); Proclamation of Restoration Fountain (approx. 1.1 miles away); A Tribute to the Volunteers (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Miracle of the Human Spirit - Joplin 2011 (approx. 1.1 miles away); Joplin Tornado Memorial, Volunteer Tribute and Children's Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); St. John's Regional Medical Center (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Joplin.

Photographed by Jason Voigt, April 6, 2021

2. Bonnie & Clyde Garage Apartment Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 11, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2021, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 915 times since then and 69 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 7, 2021, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.