Lloyd William Barker
Ma Barker's infamous son, Lloyd "Red" Barker traded ina life of crime for a life in Westminster in the 1940s. Lloyd grew up as part of the Barker Gang, described by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover as "the toughest gang of hoodlums the FBI has ever been called upon to eliminate." Lloyd served a 25-year prison sentence, then left his criminal past behind in 1938. After serving honorably in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II, Lloyd moved to Westminster and worked at a bar and grill in Denver. He was shot and killed by his wife in their Westminster home on March 18, 1949.HM Number | HM1BG9 |
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Marker Number | 12 |
Year Placed | 2002 |
Placed By | City of Westminster Historical Marker Program Capital Improvement Project |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Monday, September 8th, 2014 at 4:00am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 13S E 496681 N 4408793 |
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Decimal Degrees | 39.82913333, -105.03878333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 49.748', W 105° 2.327' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 49' 44.88" N, 105° 2' 19.62" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 303, 720 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 3835-3899 W 73rd Ave, Westminster CO 80030, US |
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