MARION COUNTY, Fla. — People can start visiting the Ma Barker house in Marion County as soon as this fall, maybe even October, officials with the Marion County Parks and Recreation said.
The Marion County home is where Kate "Ma" Barker and her son, Fred, took part in the longest shootout in FBI history in 1935.
Barker ran the “Barker Gang” and rented the house to use as a hideout.
After thousands of bullets were fired in and out of the home, the Barkers were found dead inside.
Crews moved the house on a barge to Carney Island last October to one day turn it into a museum.
The property was sold to a local developer and the furnishings inside, which still contained Barkers’ belongings, were sold to Marion County.
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