During the Roaring Twenties there were Movie Stars, big cities and bright lights, with the classic art-deco, Rolls Royces and Chauffeurs.

Al Capone was running Chicago and Bonnie & Clyde were waltzing across Texas...

"Bonnie Sings the Blues"

Chapter I

"Lizzie Quick's Hickory House"

"Sneaking down the alley to Lizzie Quick's Hickory House"

When I found the dusty photographs of Uncle Leroy sneaking down the alley to Lizzie Quick's Hickory House, I knew it was going to be a great mystery...

The Family legends of Grandmother Lizzie Quick, Uncle Doc and the Barrow Brothers was too much intrigue for my imagination to pass up, I wanted to know, we all wanted to know.....

As I began my research into the past, like a waning harvest moon, the mysteries of the past of the legends of Bonnie & Clyde began to unfold.

Uncle Doc's July 4th Party, Margaret Henegar Barrow Quick is posing in front of the Ford Truck.

Betty Vaughn, Beulah Pearl Tanner, Uncle Doc, Grandfather Tom Quick, Aunt Margaret, Uncle Leroy & Grandmother Lizzie Quick.

This is a spectacular photograph of Margaret posing by the Ford Truck with the family gathering for the events and festive holiday displays and feasts, and of course, Uncle Leroy is the center of attention.

The Lizzie Quick Hickory House, located in Dallas, Texas was the meeting place of the various families of this magnificient network of savvy adults.

Throughout the years, we spoke often of the Barrows and of their relationship to our Family of the years of the Bonnie & Clyde stories, but my Grandmother's tragic death in Tulsa in 1966 was a touchy subject that we just didn't speak too much of. Therefore, many of the legendary tales of our Great Uncles and the Barrow gang nearly faded away with each passing of those relatives.

Lizzie Quick's Hickory House & laundry day was an especially exciting event for everyone to gather.

A weekly schedule around Lizzie Quick's house was combined with cheerfulness, the playful laughter of children, great meals and of course, daily chores to keep the household in order.

The women would do the laundry, with Lizzie and Aunt Margaret (Buck Barrow's former wife) ironing and always having something cooking on the old, wood burning stove.

Mother would go once a week to Lizzie's to do her laundry and share in the Ladie's chatter and cooking, She so loved her Grandmother Lizzie, as did everyone.

The process of the laundry is what one may expect during those days of the depression. Lizzie had a large firepit in the backyard with an old cast iron pot for the boiling water with homemade lye soap, mint, rosemary, lavender and other herbs from her garden.

The aroma throughout the neighborhood and house was most refreshing. 

The men would be at the Cotton Gins, or down at the Farmer's Market dealing with Produce and transporting it to other areas, Uncle Cecil did most of the cross-country transportations.

 This was a Family gathering after Tabbitha C. Barrow's funeral in Dallas, Texas, 1942

Betty Vaughn & My Mother, Beulah Pearl Tanner

Beulah Mae Quick & Cummie Barrow on the front porch of Lizzie Quick's Hickory House.

They had many wonderful times at Lizzie's when my Grandmother Beulah Mae Quick would visit from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her children, Beulah Pearl, Betty, Eddie, Leroy, Thomas and their children would all be there in Dallas at the family gatherings.

They had delicious, home cooked meals with the children playing and the men playing dominos, cards and games of horseshoes. 

Lizzie Quick's Hickory House Irons

The pleasant summer breeze of the clean sheets blowing in the wind brought forth a certain charm to their meetings at the old Hickory House.

Hanging the clothes on the line to dry was such a relaxing and refreshing step to their laundry process.

The ironing seemed to be a relaxing time for the women, as they listened to the radio, chatting with one another with the lingering, aromatic scent of Lizzie's homemade soap and the line dried freshness of the steam misting from the old cast irons. 

Lizzie and the women made their own homade starch, using mixtures of powdered starch for their crafted ironing, the men looked fabulous with their freshly washed, starched and ironed clothes. 

These women were amazingly beautiful, intelligent, and talented domesticated goddesses. 

They would all gather around Lizzie's old Zenith radio to listen to various programs such as Stella Dallas, Young Doctor Malone, The Tin Man, and the Grand Ole Opry. 

Lizzie would sew on the foot-peddle sewing machine, crochet and cook, always having the sensational aroma of freshly ground coffee brewing and something delicious cooking on the stove.

Lizzie would have meeting sessions of quilt sewing, the women would all join in on the making of the beautifully crafted quilts.

Lizzie Quick's Hickory House 

Visitors were quite frequent at Lizzie's house, so often, yet so pleasant, Lizzie kept the families going, close and comforted by the caring love of a great Mother. 

Not only was Lizzie the key to their family unity, she was highly respected, dearly loved and so graciously appreciated by all whom knew her.

The summers at Lizzie's house were most enjoyable for the children. The warm weather and the fact that the Barrows were there gave way to many games and fun, allowing the adults to gather and talk.

Growing up with so many cousins, Aunts and Uncles made the circle of families a great source of friends for the children and a very closely guarded group of savvy adults. 

Uncle Clarence with nephews, Leroy & Tommie Vaughn

Uncle Clarence was one cool cat, one of my favorite characters in this saga, he was an early pioneer in cross country driving, transporting cotton to the gins and fruits and vegetables to national Farmer's Markets, working at the downtown Farmer's Market in Dallas, Texas in the 1930s.

Elizabeth Tanner at the Old Tanner House on Waco Street, cooking and baking.

These Families were the "Creme de le Creme" of Family survival. They were smart, rugged, bold and beautiful people...

Their men worked hard, and the women gave them the loving support of a well-run, properly managed household. These families were a great example of family unity and strength even during difficult times. 

We presume this was in the late 1940s at Lake Tahlequah. 

He seems to have been boating & not actually fishing.

Eddie worked for the Dallas, Texas Farmers Market during those years and was between Oklahoma & Dallas, Texas with his family.

In the 1960s he had a Fruit Stand in Forney, Texas. 

They were traveling in Oklahoma, this location is unidentified.

Curiously, these rocks are similar to some of the locations where Bonnie & Clyde had been stopping during their travels 20 years earlier. 

Although these rock formations could indicate they were near the Red River areas of the Texas- Oklahoma border.

Leroy at Lizzie Quick's Hickory House, Dallas, Texas

Uncle Leroy Sneaking down the alley to Lizzie Quick's Hickory House

Under the Hickory House was an old root cellar where they kept much of the produce stored. The cellar was a great hiding place for the children playing hide and seek. 

But there was something very mysterious about that Hickory House alley....

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