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  • NAME: James Bowie
  • OCCUPATION: Folk Hero, Warrior
  • BIRTH DATE: c. 1796
  • DEATH DATE: March 06, 1836
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Logan County, Kentucky
  • PLACE OF DEATH: San Antonio, Texas
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Jim Bowie is a popular hero of the Texas Revolution, remembered for his hand in the Battle of the Alamo (Feb.-March 1836).


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Jim Bowie is a popular hero of the Texas Revolution, remembered for his hand in the Battle of the Alamo (Feb.-March 1836). Legends of his knife skills have made him a folk hero. Several Western songs and ballads were written about his gallant defense while in the Texas army. Due to killing a man with a knife, the Bowie knife was invented, either by him or his brother Rezin.

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