EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source as a history column in 2016. Back in the 1980s an older woman in Mansfield was interviewed to learn more about the 1930s, when she operated an Auto Park of tourist cabins on State Route 430 east of town. She noted, almost casually, that she had […]
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Native Son: Pretty Boy Floyd & Christmas in Mansfield 1930
Back in the 1980s, former Richland Source historian Tim McKee interviewed an old woman in Mansfield because to learn more about the 1930s, when she operated an Auto Park of tourist cabins on Route 430 east of town. She told him, almost casually, that she had once given a room to a famous gangster. When […]
