Arcadia is a town in and the parish seat of Bienville Parish in northern Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Arcadia had a population of 2,746. Arcadia has the highest elevation of any in
Downtown Arcadia, Louisiana
The Bienville Democrat office in Arcadia
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut "Champion" Barrow were an outlaw couple who roamed the Central United States with their criminal gang during the Great Depression, committing a series of cri
Arcadia, Louisiana
…highest elevation of any incorporated municipality in Louisiana. Arcadia's name commemorates the Ancient Greek region of Arcadia. In 1934, bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde were killed near Arcadia in a shootout. Their bodies were brought for embalming to a furniture store in Arcadia which also served as a funeral parlor…
Bonnie and Clyde in a photo from around 1932–33 that was found by police at an abandoned hideout
Bonnie Parker, c. 1932–1933
Clyde Barrow, c. 1932–1933
Parker's pose with a cigar and a revolver cultivated her portrayal in the press as a 'cigar-smoking gun moll' after police discovered the undeveloped film at the Joplin residence.