Desperadoes such as Frank and Jesse James earned Missouri the nickname of the “Outlaw State” after the Civil War, and the reputation followed the region into the Prohibition era through the feverish criminal activity of Bonnie and Clyde, the Barkers and Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd. Witness the Kansas City Massacre of the 1933, a shootout between law enforcement officers and criminal gang members who were trying to free Frank Nash, a notorious gang leader being escorted to federal prison. Follow author Larry Wood through the most shameful and savage portion of the Show Me State’s History. October 26 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Garden Gate Shop.