We left and headed for Gibsland to visit the Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum, the ambush site near Mt. Lebanon, and Driskill Mountain before going to our next campground.
L.J. "Boots" Hinton, runs the museum. He is the son of Ted Hinton who was one of the 6 police officers who ambushed Bonnie and Clyde in 1934.
Standing: Prentis Oakley (who fired the first shots), Ted Hinton, Bob Alcorn, and Manny Gault,
Kneeling: Frank Hamer, and Henderson Jordan.
The museum contained many photos, newspaper clippings, one of Bonnie's hats found in the death car, blown up posters of the Barrow gang, photos and history of the police officers who killed Bonnie and Clyde, and a 30 minute DVD video to watch. I purchased the book written by Ted Hinton and Boots signed it for me. Then we rode a few miles down the road to the Historical Marker.
It's hard to tell how big it is in these photos but it is about 4 feet tall.
It's got bullet holes and graffitti on it but it stands. It's actually across the highway from where the couple was killed.
The exact location would be right before my coach on the right.
The police hid and waited in the bushes on the right.
I placed a tiny daisy flower pot at the site.
Ambush site taken in 1934.
Ambush site taken in 2012.
The death car in a museum in Nevada.
The death car - taken right after shooting. Bonnie had 53 bullets that hit her and Clyde had 51. Very sad.
Driskill Mountain is a landform created by the erosion of unlithified Paleogene sediment. Its summit consists of nonmarine quartz sands. These sands overlie shallow marine and coastal clays, silts, and sands of the Cook Mountain Formation, which form the bulk of Driskill Mountain.
I thought there would be an overlook or something but there was a church at the top of the hill and that was all - so I didn't stop.
Driskill Mountain is located behind the Mount Zion Independent Presbyterian Church. A short hike takes you to the modest summit area, marked by a stone cairn and a marker containing a metal box with a sign-in register.
NOW ON TO JIMMIE DAVIS STATE PARK
We arrived at Jimmie Davis State Park around 2:00 this afternoon. Just as I was checking in the clouds rolled in, it got real dark real fast, the wind picked up and I knew what was coming. I got into my site and it started to pour. I hooked up electric but ran inside before I could get water hooked up. It rained hard for some time then the sun came out for just a little while before dark.
The view from my front door. The lake is behind those campers.
Nice fishing pier.
Xi wanted to follow that little Dachshund but they were in a hurry.
Yes, Momi... I read the sign.
Back to our campsite.
Tomorrow we'll walk around the campground and look for the beach area.
Cooked a sausage Jambalaya tonight. I was starved. Didn't have any lunch. Going to bed early... tired.
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