Coyote Lake - From U.S. Highway 101 in Gilroy., take the Leavesley Road exit. Proceed east on Leavesley Road 2 miles to New Avenue. Proceed north on New Avenue .5 miles to Roop Road. Proceed 3.5 miles east on Roop Road into the foothills past the Mendoza Ranch entrance.
This Day in History: 05/23/1934 - Police Kill Bonnie and Clyde. In this This Day in History video, take a look at May 23, the day in 1934 when police finally caught up to Bonnie and Clyde and killed them. In 1701, Captain William Kidd was hanged in London for piracy and murder.
Perhaps this is why Bonnie and Clyde were so popular. Most people felt helpless in the face of tremendous adversity, but Bonnie and Clyde rebelled against the government and banks, and they stuck together right to the very end. Clyde was sometimes compared with Robin Hood and Bonnie was his Maid Marian. Bonnie and Clyde were the main enemies of policemen, bankers and businesmen. The police men hated them the most for Bonnie and Clyde helped many dangerous prisoners to escape Dallas and did numerous robberies and 13 murders. The story of Bonnie and Clyde starts on March 24 1909 when Clyde Chestnut Barrow was born in a small town in Texas. Clyde's father was a farmer and had to bring his children up by poverty. Nell, Clyde's sister, believed that Clyde became a criminal because the of lack of discipline.