1934

Pretty Boy Floyd

One of the best-known Depression-era crime stories ended outside East Liverpool and then moved directly into downtown.

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The final chase

Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd was killed near Sprucevale Road on October 22, 1934 after a regional manhunt.

His body was brought into East Liverpool and publicly displayed at Sturgis Funeral Home, now the Sturgis House.

The story works as a driveable heritage route connecting downtown, the Sturgis House and the death-location marker near Beaver Creek.

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