Bowie (/ˈbuːi/ BOO-ee) is a town in Montague County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,448 at the 2020 census. On July 22, 1881, Bowie was incorporated...
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Bowie County (/ˈbuːi/ BOO-ee) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. Its legal county seat is Boston, though its courthouse is located in New Boston....
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widespread popularity of the Bowie knife. Bowie enlarged his reputation during the Texas Revolution. After moving to Texas in 1830, Bowie became a Mexican citizen...
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Bowie knife (/ˈbuːi/ BOO-ee) is a pattern of fixed-blade fighting knives created by Rezin Bowie in the early 19th century for his brother James Bowie...
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particularly: James Bowie (c. 1796–1836), Texan revolutionary David Bowie (1947–2016), English singer, songwriter, and actor Bowie Kuhn (1926–2007), fifth...
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inventing the Bowie knife, which came to prominence when used by James in the Sandbar Fight of 1827. After James moved to Mexican Texas, Rezin accompanied...
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Camp Bowie is a Texas Military Department training center located in west-central Texas on the southern outskirts of Brownwood. Camp Bowie, named in honor...
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James V. Allred (category People from Bowie, Texas)
Born on March 29, 1899, in Bowie, Texas, the son of Renne Allred Sr. and Mary Magdalene (Henson), Allred graduated from Bowie High School in 1917. He enrolled...
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Texarkana is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States, in the Ark-La-Tex region. Located approximately 180 miles (290 km) from Dallas, Texarkana is...
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James Bowie High School is a public high school in the southwest region of Austin, Texas. It is named after James Bowie, a prominent figure in Texan History...
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Battle of the Alamo (category 1836 in the Republic of Texas)
persuaded Bowie that the location held strategic importance. In a letter to Governor Henry Smith, Bowie argued that "the salvation of Texas depends in...
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(Arlington, Texas) in Arlington, Texas Bowie High School (Austin, Texas) in Austin, Texas Bowie High School (El Paso, Texas) in El Paso, Texas Bowie High School...
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Texoma (category Regions of Texas)
Oklahoma in Texas Archer City, Texas Bailey, Texas Bells, Texas Bowie, Texas Burkburnett, Texas Callisburg, Texas Childress, Texas Collinsville, Texas Crowell...
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draft Texas's constitution. He then served the Republic of Texas as a Senator from 1836 to 1840 in the first four congresses. Ellis died in Bowie County...
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James Bowie High School is a public high school in Arlington, Texas. The school is a part of Arlington Independent School District and serves students...
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Amon G. Carter (category People from Bowie, Texas)
Carter was born in Crafton, Texas. After his mother died in 1892, he moved away from his remaining family, to Bowie, Texas, where he supported himself...
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band Chic and the then-unknown Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan on lead guitar. For the first time ever, Bowie only sang and played no instruments...
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unincorporated community in, and the county seat of, Bowie County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 200 in...
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Cody Lambert (category People from Bowie, Texas)
latter a successful racehorse jockey, and sister Cheyann. Cody lives in Bowie, Texas, on a ranch with his wife, Leanne, and their horses and dogs. Cody Lambert...
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On 10 January 2016, the English musician David Bowie died at his Lafayette Street home in New York City, having been diagnosed with liver cancer 18 months...
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Bowie Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 0F2) is a city-owned public airport in Bowie, Montague County, Texas, United States, located approximately 4 nautical...
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The Bowie Independent School District is a public school district based in Bowie, Texas (USA). Located in Montague County, the district also serves the...
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New Boston is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States. Boston was named for an early storekeeper in the settlement, W.J. Boston. The coming of the...
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Plano, TX: Republic of Texas Press. ISBN 1-55622-678-0. Chapter 10: Mr. Bowie with a Big Knife Flayderman, Norm (2004). The Bowie knife : unsheathing an...
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Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (/ˈboʊi/ BOH-ee), was an English singer, songwriter, musician and actor...
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Camp Bowie, Texas 5 November 1945, Germany Served as VII Corps traffic control section 2nd Tank Destroyer Group 15 March 1942, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 5...
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named for former Governor James V. Allred, a Democrat and a native of Bowie, Texas, who lived early in his career in Wichita Falls. The United States Postal...
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Woodrow Chambliss (category People from Bowie, Texas)
Woodrow Lewis Chambliss (October 14, 1914 in Bowie, Texas – January 8, 1981 in Ojai, California) was an American character actor who appeared in both feature...
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Nash is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Texarkana. It is part of the Texarkana metropolitan area. The population was 2,960...
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Grove Independent School District is a public school district in Texarkana, Texas. It consists of an elementary, intermediate, middle, and high school. The...
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