Moving the House

The Bradford – Ma Barker house was moved across Lake Weir on a huge barge from its original location in Ocklawaha to the Carney Island Recreation & Conservation Area in October 2016. Deciding to preserve the house was an easy decision – it was determining how to move the house

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Vision for Opening the House to the Public

History has sometimes glorified gangsters; that is not our goal. This is a story where the good guys won. This was one of the FBI’s greatest success stories in their long and proud existence. “All gangsters went through Florida on their way to launder money in Miami to Cuba,” stated

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Recreating the Scene

From moving the house across the lake, to setting up the grounds to be toured by the public

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What’s Up With Ma?

Keep track of everything that is going on with the house, the grounds, and Ma Barker

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