Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were American criminals who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression, robbing banks and stores, and killing several people, including police officers. Their exploits captured the attention of the American public during the "Public Enemy Era," between 1931 and 1934. Though known for their dozen-or-so bank robberies, the duo preferred to rob small stores or rural gas stations. The gang is believed to have killed at least nine police officers and several civilians. The couple were eventually killed in May 1934 during an ambush by law officers near Gibsland, Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
Castor is a village in Bienville Parish in north Louisiana, United States. The population was 209 at the 2000 census but increased 23% to 258 in 2010. The median age is 32.2 years. The village was established in 1900. The name "Castor" refers to the genus Castoridae or beaver, a Latin term, contrary to an oral tradition of the word being Native American in origin.
Mangham is a village in Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States. The population was 595 at the 2000 census. Mangham was established in 1890. It is named for Wiley P. Mangham, the publisher of the Richland Beacon-News, a weekly newspaper in Rayville, the seat of Richland Parish.
Rakaia is a town seated close to the southern banks of the Rakaia River on the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand's South Island, approximately 57 km south of Christchurch on State Highway 1 and the Main South Line. Immediately north of the township are New Zealand's longest road bridge and longest rail bridge, both of which cross the wide shingle beds of the braided river at this point. Both bridges are approximately 1750 metres in length.
Ashburton was a New Zealand electorate, first created in 1881 and centred on the South Island town of Ashburton.
The Methven Branch was a branch line railway that was part of New Zealand's national rail network in Canterbury. It opened in 1880 and operated until 1976.
Ted Hinton was a Dallas County, Texas, deputy sheriff, the youngest of the posse that ambushed and killed Bonnie and Clyde near Gibsland, Louisiana, on May 23, 1934.
Rajah the German Shepherd Dog was a working and performance dog in New Zealand during the 1930s. Rajah was the first, although unofficial, police dog in New Zealand and was nominated as a replacement for Rin Tin Tin during his time in Methven. Rajah amassed fame throughout the country for his acting performances and locating work performed with the New Zealand Police, in multiple locations throughout the South Island, New Zealand.
Henry Methvin was an American criminal, a bank robber, and a Depression-era outlaw. He is best remembered as the final member of Bonnie and Clyde's gang. His role in the gang has often been misattributed to teenage gang member W.D. Jones as both men were portrayed as composite character "C.W. Moss" in the film Bonnie and Clyde (1967).
State Highway 77 is a state highway in New Zealand going through the inland parts of Central and Mid Canterbury between the towns of Ashburton and Darfield via the Rakaia Gorge. It is wholly single carriageway with two one-lane bridges at the Rakaia and Selwyn Rivers. One set of traffic lights is found in Ashburton marking the southern terminus of the highway.
Elmer Reid Minchew, usually known as E. R. Minchew, was a prominent Louisiana educator whose career spanned the forty-six years from 1929 to 1975.
William Peyton Cunningham, Sr., known as W. Peyton Cunningham was an attorney from his native Natchitoches, Louisiana, who served as a Democrat from 1932 to 1940 in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He and Leon Friedman together represented Natchitoches Parish in the House for two terms.
Milton Joseph Cunningham, usually known as Joe Cunningham, was an attorney in Natchitoches and New Orleans, Louisiana, who served three nonconsecutive terms from 1884 to 1888 and again from 1892 to 1900 as the Attorney General of Louisiana.
Myrtis Lucille Gregory Methvin was the second woman to serve as mayor of a community in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The Democrat Methvin served consecutive terms as mayor of Castor, from 1933 to 1945. It is located in Bienville Parish in the northwestern portion of the state.
Mildred Ellen Methvin, known as Mimi Methvin, is an attorney and alternative dispute resolution mediator in Lafayette, Louisiana. From 1983 to 2009, she was the United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Louisiana. Between 2011 and 2013 she served as part-time U. S. Magistrate Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the District of Maryland. In July 2014, she was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court to serve as Judge Pro Tem of the Louisiana 27th Judicial District Court, Division D, in St. Landry Parish following the sudden death of Judge Donald Hebert. She served until Judge Hebert's replacement was elected and sworn in in January 2015, approximately six months. Methvin is one of few judges who have served on both the federal and state benches. She has also worked in all three branches of federal government: as a congressional aide, as an Assistant U. S. Attorney, and as a judge.
George Leon Nattin, Sr., was a Democratic politician who served three terms from 1961 to 1973 as the ninth mayor of Bossier City, the sister city to Shreveport in northwestern Louisiana.
Barrhill is a lightly populated locality in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is situated on the Canterbury Plains, on the right bank of the Rakaia River, about 17 kilometres (11 mi) inland from Rakaia. It was founded by Cathcart Wason in the mid-1870s and named by him after his old home Barrhill in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Wason set it up as a model village for the workers of his large sheep farm. The population of the village peaked in the mid-1880s before the general recession initiated a downturn for the village. Wason had expected for the Methven Branch railway to run past Barrhill, but the line was built in 1880 on an alignment many miles away, which caused Barrhill population to decrease.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the six U.S. Representatives from the state of Louisiana, one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
