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Jim Bowie
James "Jim" Bowie (pronounced BOO-ee; April 1796 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-centuryAmericanpioneer.
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He played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution. He died at the Battle of the Alamo. Stories of him as a fighter and frontiersman, both real and fictitious, have made him a legendary figure in Texashistory. He is a folk hero of American history.
The Bowie knife is named after Jim Bowie.
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Early life
[change | change source]Bowie was born in April 1796 in Logan County, Kentucky.[1] He was the son of Reason and Elve Ap-Catesby (Jones) Bowie.[2] Reason was a farmer and operated a Gristmill.
The family moved in February 1800 to New Madrid, Missouri, then part of Spanish Louisiana.[2] In 1801 they settled on farms in what is now Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. There Reason and his brothers swore allegiance to the Spanish government.[2] Reason created a plantation there where he grew cotton and sugarcane.
He also raised livestock