Pretty Boy Floyd
Todays grave hunt took us to Akins, Oklahoma to find criminal folk hero “Pretty Boy” Floyd’s grave as well as many of his family members. Unexpected benefit to these cemetery walls: our daughter, Mina gets to practice reading words and numbers.
“Charles Arthur Floyd (February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934), nicknamed Pretty Boy Floyd, was an American bank robber. He operated in the West and Central states, and his criminal exploits gained widespread press coverage in the 1930s. He was seen positively by the public because it was believed that during robberies he burned mortgage documents, freeing many people from their debts. He was pursued and killed by a group of Bureau of Investigation (BOI, later renamed to FBI) agents led by Melvin Purvis.”
Not all heroes wear capes!
