Jim Bowie
Jim Bowie was a nineteenth-century American frontiersman who died defending the Alamo in 1836.
He is remembered primarily for the bowie knife, a large fixed-blade fighting knife that bears his name, though his brother Rezin may have designed it.
He carried a bowie knife on his belt.
- AlamoTexas Revolution battleground
- knifeSharp cutting utensil
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- TexasSecond-largest American state
- frontierEdge of settlement
fighter · duel · knife fight · sandbar · blood feud · legend · defender · buckskin · wilderness · Louisiana · smuggler · pioneer · steel · combat · Mexican · siege · last stand · hero
- Famous TexansSam Houston, Stephen F. Austin, Davy Crockett, LBJ, George W. Bush
- Texas historyAlamo, Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, Texas Capitol
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- tall talesPaul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, John Henry, Johnny Appleseed, Davy Crockett
- San AntonioSan Antonio Spurs, Medical Center, USAA, Randolph, Big Red
- Texas MilitaryFort Hood, The Alamo, Fort Alamo, Alamo
frontier violence vs. pacifism
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frontier adventurer vs. settled establishment
Jim BowieJohn Quincy Adams
Sixth American chief executive