Bowie County(23) ► ADJACENT TO BOWIE COUNTY Cass County(12) ► Morris County(18) ► Red River County(24) ► Little River County, Arkansas(9) ► Miller County, Arkansas(5) ► McCurtain County, Oklahoma(11) ►
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Named for James Bowie (1799-1836), who fought for Texas freedom from 1819, when he joined the Long Expedition, to 1836 — when he died in defense of the Alamo.
Inhabited before 1800 by agricultural Indians, charted 1819 for . . . — — Map (db m96141) HM
James Bowie 1795 - 1836 James Bowie was at one time a farmer, a logger, a scout, a guide, a land agent, and a Colonel in the Texas Rangers. He is better known however for the knife that bears his name and his death at the Alamo.
Fighting . . . — — Map (db m170641) HM
North Carolina styling and garden plantings were brought to Bowie County when Jas. W. and Laura Williams Jones built this home in 1883.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965 — — Map (db m234922) HM
Established as shipping point when Texas & Pacific Railroad was built across Bowie County in 1870s, drawing business from original town of Boston (4 mi. S). New Boston townsite was platted in 1876; its post office opened Jan. 26, 1877, with L. C. . . . — — Map (db m234920) HM
This rural congregation constructed its first church building on land donated by Mr. & Mrs. J. M. C. Yates in 1861. The log building, located at the present-day site of Red Bayou Cemetery, also served as a school.
In its early years the church . . . — — Map (db m234978) HM
