The Red River Plunge
​of Bonnie and Clyde

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Marker Text: On June 10, 1933, Mr. & Mrs. Sam Pritchard and family saw from their home on the bluff (west) the plunge of an auto into Red River. Rescuing the victims, unrecognized as Bonnie Parker and Clyde and Buck Barrow, they sent for help. Upon their arrival, the local sheriff and police chief were disarmed by Bonnie Parker. Buck Barrow shot Pritchard's daughter while crippling the family car to halt pursuit. Kidnapping the officers, the gangsters fled. Bonnie & Clyde were fated to meet death in 1934. In this quiet region, the escapade is now legend. (1975)

Marker No: 4218

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 34.959415, -100.222130

Location: Collingsworth Pioneers Park, US 83 on north side of Salt Fork of the Red River