July 31, 2010

Today we decided to drive by a few local landmarks. We learned that Bonnie & Clyde’s Hideout was in Joplin. Clyde, Bonnie, Clyde’s brother Buck and his wife Blanche and 16year-old W.D. Davis stayed here for two weeks in 1933. Their stay ended in a shootout with local authorities resulting in the deaths of Officer Wes Harryman and Officer Harry McGinnis.

The City of Joplin now allows this place to be rented once a month for three days.

This truck is in front of a local tire store.

This work of art titled “Crapduster” is a manure spreader with added wings and engine.

Listed in the Carthage, Missouri Visitor’s Guide is a place called Red Oak II. The description says take a trip to yesteryear. We found a collection of buildings and machines from the 1800s through the 1930s moved or recreated by local artist Lowell Davis. Mr. Davis purchase some of these buildings from the town of Red Oak, Missouri where he spend his early years so he named his town Red Oak II.

Phillips 66 Gas Station.

Home of Belle Starr (1848-1889) known as the “Bandit Queen” because of her association with Jesse James and the Younger brothers.

Another service station.

The Red Oak Diner.

We liked this unique section of fence along the road in front of the town.

The rest of the fence was Post Rock.

This road ends at the place where Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri meet.

The National Youth Administration erected this stone marker at the three-corner intersection in 1938.

A new marker added in 2004 at the correct location allowed Char to have her foot in all three States at the same time.

Our final thought for the day is to wish my Brother Roger HAPPY BIRTHDAY.