Navasota, Texas
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Navasota is a city primarily in Grimes County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,643 at the 2020 census. In 2005, the Texas Legislature designated Navasota as the "Blues Capital of Texas" in
Navasota City Hall
Foster House (built in 1900) in Navasota
Statue of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in Navasota
Miller's
Frank Hamer
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Francis Augustus Hamer was an American lawman and Texas Ranger who led the 1934 posse that tracked down and killed criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Renowned for his toughness, marksmanship, a
Navasota, Texas
…West boomtown: according to one source, "shootouts on the main street were so frequent that in two years at least a hundred men had died". Famed lawman Frank Hamer, then 24 years old, was hired from the Texas Rangers to become the City Marshal. Hamer moved in and imposed law and order, prosecuting Navasota criminals…
Hamer in 1922
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, known as "Bonnie and Clyde" in 1933
The posse. Top, L to R: Hinton, Oakley, Gault; seated, L to R: Alcorn, Jordan and Frank Hamer.
The road ended here for Bonnie and Clyde.