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Dexter, Iowa: Bonnie and Clyde Dexfield Park Shootout

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Address:
Dexfield Rd, Dexter, IA
Directions:
The marker is on the southbound side of Dexfield Rd, either three miles north of Dexter or two miles south of its intersection with Hwy F59/310th St.
Admission:
Free
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Bonnie and Clyde Dexfield Park Shootout

Roadside sign marks the Dexfield Park shootout of July 24, 1933. Every member of Bonnie and Clyde's gang left this firefight either wounded or dying.

Roadsideamerica.com Report... [05/18/2014]

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Bonnie and Clyde Dexfield Park Shootout

My grandfather, Herb Schwartz, took the photo on the marker. It appeared on newspaper front pages across the country. Mom and I visited ca 2005 and got the whole story from the Fellers. I have what seems to be the original negative.

[Mark Mittelstadt, 10/05/2023]
Bonnie and Clyde Dexfield Park Shootout

I visited this on June 13, 2020, and the Bonnie and Clyde marker has been removed. The only thing there now is the second marker about Dexfield Park.

[Tim Nooteboom, 06/16/2020]

We spoke with the director of the local museum, who said that the Bonnie and Clyde marker had slipped on its base, and was removed for repairs and reinforcement so it wouldn't slip again. By early July it was back up, good as new.


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