"chose the Bowie eponym because he admired James Bowie and the Bowie knife, although his pronunciation uses the () variant. Bowie County in northeast Texas, and the city of Bowie in Montague County, Texas, were both named in honor of James Bowie. James Bowie Elementary in Corsicana, Texas was also named in honor of James. James Bowie James Bowie ( ; – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American pioneer, who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution, culminating in his death at the Battle of the Alamo. Stories of him as a fighter and frontiersman, both real and"
"James Bowie James Bowie ( ; – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American pioneer, who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution, culminating in his death 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 Texas history and a folk hero of American culture. Born in Kentucky, Bowie spent most of his life in Louisiana, where he was raised and where he later worked as a land speculator. His rise to fame began in 1827 on reports of the Sandbar Fight. What"
"the events of that battle. Carey was killed in the Alamo by the Mexican troops of Antonio López de Santa Anna. William R. Carey William R. Carey was one of a group of American volunteer soldiers who went to the frontier territory of Texas in 1835 during the Texas Revolution against Mexico. He was born in Virginia in 1806, the son of Moses Carey. He was killed in 1836 at the Battle of the Alamo. Carey was the first Texas commander at the Alamo. Ranked as Captain, he commanded an artillery company at his own expense, which was dubbed ""The"
"lost his new family to cholera, and became a leader in the Texas Revolution of 1835–36. He famously perished at the Battle of the Alamo. Bowie was renowned as an early American frontiersman and a legendary knife fighter, though the only knife fight in which he likely participated was the Sandbar Fight. Sandbar Fight The Sandbar Fight, also known as the Vidalia Sandbar Fight, was a formal one-on-one duel that erupted into a violent brawl involving multiple combatants on September 19, 1827. It took place on a large sandbar in the Mississippi River, near present-day Vidalia, Louisiana. American pioneer and"
"to the U.S. by 1850, usually with a handle made from either hardwood, deer antler, or bone, and sometimes with a guard and other fittings of sterling silver. Bowie returned, with the Black-made knife, to Texas and was involved in a knife fight with three men who had been hired to kill him. Bowie killed the three would-be assassins with his new knife and the fame of the knife grew. Legend holds that one man was almost decapitated, the second was disemboweled, and the third had his skull split open. Bowie died at the Battle of the Alamo five years"
"heroes, which was intended by publishers to appeal to wider audiences. Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone are two examples of opposite heroes. Davy Crockett, also known as the ""King of the Wild Frontier"" and depicted wearing a coonskin cap, was popularized for his efforts in the Texas Revolution. He died during the Battle of the Alamo. Daniel Boone was a frontier pioneer who participated in the fur trade. Born in 1734, he is one of the earliest pioneers and American western hero. “Indian hating” is a common trait among heroes on the frontier, usually because they have lost family members"
"at the Alamo on 6 March 1836. His body was burned with those of the other Texas soldiers. Kimble County, Texas is named in his honor. One of his Scholars is Sonke C. Mkhwanazi George C. Kimble George C. Kimble (alternately spelled Kimbell or Kimball, March 6, 1803 – March 6, 1836) was a defender and officer of the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, who died at the Battle of the Alamo. Kimble County in the hill country of Texas is named in his honor. George C. Kimble was born in 1803 in Beechwoods, Pennsylvania to Chester Kimble and Lucy"
"Buckshot Roberts Andrew L. ""Buckshot"" Roberts (1831 - April 5, 1878) was an American buffalo hunter, frontiersman and cowboy whose last stand against the Lincoln County Regulators during the Gunfight of Blazer's Mills near Lincoln, New Mexico is a part of frontier legend. Although the majority of famous gunfights that took place in the Old West have been heavily embellished, the fight at Blazer's Mills is one of the few where reliable sources have described a feat of profound ability and toughness. Despite his toughness, Roberts died at Blazer's Mills, following a shoot-out with the Regulators, who believed that Roberts"
"Nock gun The Nock gun was a seven-barrelled flintlock smoothbore firearm used by the Royal Navy during the early stages of the Napoleonic Wars. It is a type of volley gun adapted for ship-to-ship fighting, but was limited in its use because of the powerful recoil and eventually discontinued. Its bizarre appearance and operation has led to it being portrayed in modern fictional works, notably in ""The Alamo"" feature film, and the ""Richard Sharpe"" series of novels by Bernard Cornwell. The weapon was invented by British engineer James Wilson in 1779, and named after Henry Nock, the London-based armaments manufacturer"
"the reason why the knife has the informal name ""Echanis' Warrior"". Al Mar was an edged-weapons specialist in the U.S. Army Special Forces, a 5th degree black belt in Judo when he started Al Mar Knives in 1978 and began work on the famous and highly sought after ""Warrior"" knife. In his book, Battle Blades, Greg Walker[3] refers to the Al Mar Warrior as, ""perhaps the ultimate in battle-blade design. In addition to the rear serrations used for trapping an opponents' attacking limb, the knife is noted for having an extremely ergonomic handle for use in both the forward and"
"frontier"" after ""an exciting chase"". Sheriff Alexander Ramsey (1847-1875), who like Wild Bill Hickock shortly before him, had been first a city marshal of notorious Hays City, Kansas in Ellis County and later sheriff of the county, had prior killed a total nine men while discharging his duties. He had ""broke up"" several bands of horse thieves about Hays City, gaining a local reputation. Joseph McNulty was later permanently disabled (source says ""crippled"") when his horse fell over on him. McNulty, who had served with the Union Army to the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant during the U.S. Civil War, survived"
"Almaron Dickinson Almaron Dickinson (1800 – March 6, 1836) was a Texian soldier and defender during the Battle of the Alamo, fought during the Texas Revolution. Dickinson is best known as the artillery officer of the small garrison, and the husband of one of the only three non-Mexican survivors to live through the battle, Susanna Dickinson, as well as the father to their infant daughter Angelina, whose life was also spared. Dickinson was born in Tennessee, learning the trade of blacksmithing. He later enlisted in the US Army as a field artilleryman. He and Susannah married when she was just"
"McAllen, Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, San Antonio, and Temple. ""Flat Grove,"" Bonham's home in Saluda, is the only known birthplace of an Alamo defender still in existence. It is maintained as a museum. Beginning in 2014, Texas A&M University and Bonham's alma mater, the University of South Carolina will begin an SEC cross-divisional rivalry with both schools competing for the Bonham trophy. Theo Chau 2012 James Bonham James Butler Bonham (February 20, 1807 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American soldier who died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. He was a second cousin of"
"William R. Carey William R. Carey was one of a group of American volunteer soldiers who went to the frontier territory of Texas in 1835 during the Texas Revolution against Mexico. He was born in Virginia in 1806, the son of Moses Carey. He was killed in 1836 at the Battle of the Alamo. Carey was the first Texas commander at the Alamo. Ranked as Captain, he commanded an artillery company at his own expense, which was dubbed ""The Invincibles"". He also fought at San Antonio de Béxar, and wrote a letter to his brother and sister in Virginia describing"
"the county, near New Boston. Federal Correctional Institution, Texarkana, is a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility in unincorporated Bowie County, near Texarkana, Texas. These school districts serve Bowie County: Bowie County, Texas Bowie County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 92,565. Its legal county seat is Boston, though its courthouse is located in New Boston. The county is named for James Bowie, the legendary knife fighter who died at the Battle of the Alamo. Bowie County is part of the Texarkana, TX-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bowie County"
"Crockett County, Texas Crockett County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,719. The county seat is Ozona. The county was founded in 1875 and later organized in 1891. It is named in honor of Davy Crockett, the legendary frontiersman who died at the Battle of the Alamo. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , virtually all of which is land. Crockett County is among the few counties in the United States to border as many as nine"
"American frontier. There remains a powerful central elevation of the gun associated with the hunting/sporting and militia/frontier ethos among the American Gun Culture. Though it has not been a necessary part of daily survival for over a century, generations of Americans have continued to embrace and glorify it as a living inheritance—a permanent element of the nation's style and culture. In popular literature, frontier adventure was most famously told by James Fenimore Cooper, who is credited by Petri Liukkonen with creating the archetype of an 18th-century frontiersman through such novels as ""The Last of the Mohicans"" (1826) and ""The Deerslayer"""
"lock, called the ""Cease Fire"" for rifles and a shooter’s screwdriver. Collins authored books on knifemaking, scrimshaw, knife throwing, and personal defense. Blackie Collins Walter Wells ""Blackie"" Collins (1939 – July 20, 2011) was an American knife maker who designed and popularized the assisted opening mechanism and various automatic knife designs within the art of knifemaking. He is cited by other knifemakers and collectors as one of the most innovative knife designers in the world and was an author and the founder of what became ""Blade Magazine"". Collins died July 20, 2011 in a motorcycle accident near North, South Carolina."
"1940; and lived alone in Dowagiac until death from a heart attack on 27 December 1954. Adolph Otto Niedner Adolph Otto Niedner (1863–1954) was an American gunsmith remembered for pioneering work with cartridges including the .22 Long Rifle and .25-06 Remington. Niedner was born in Philadelphia to German immigrants Carl Heinrich Niedner and Augusta W. (Trapp) Niedner. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1880 and fought against the Apache uprisings led by Victorio and Geronimo. He was discharged in 1883 with a scar from a scalp wound. He served on the Milwaukee, Wisconsin police force until moving to"
"Battle of the Alamo The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States), killing the Texian defenders. Santa Anna's cruelty during the battle inspired many Texians—both Texas settlers and adventurers from the United States—to join the Texian Army. Buoyed by a desire for revenge, the Texians defeated the Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto, on April"
"Warrior knife The Warrior knife is a large curved blade fighting knife with a serrated back edge that was first made by Al Mar Knives and Round Eye Knife and Tool (REKAT). Part of the knife's design is credited to martial arts instructor Michael Echanis. The Warrior knife was designed by custom knife maker, Vietnam combat veteran, and close combat instructor Bob Taylor and Hwarang-do expert Randy Wanner. The blade is distinctive in that the entire rear portion of the blade has a serrated edge, that was added at the suggestion of Wanner's Hwarang-do student Michael D. Echanis and is"
"extending about two-thirds from the 4-inch-long crossguard to the tip. The blade is about 3 inches at its widest. A second ""cattle call"" for extras was held because too few thin and gaunt Mexican soldiers were available in the first call. (In the winter of 1835–1836, when the Mexican Army was moving northward through desert areas shortly before crossing the Rio Bravo (Rio Grande) into Texas, it endured a snowstorm of uncommon intensity, and hundreds of Mexican soldiers had suffered more than their usual illness and hunger. The film's main scenes of the Mexican attack on the Alamo were done"
"the time, he is believed to have died manning one of the cannons in the interior of the Alamo chapel. The town of Bonham, Texas, is named for him. Bonham is the county seat of Fannin County, named for the commander who Bonham tried to enjoin for assistance at the Alamo. A 1936 Texas Centennial Marker was placed on the courthouse square in the city of Bonham. The monument displays a statue of Bonham by Texas sculptor Allie Tennant. Many Texas schools are named after James Bonham, for example, in the cities of Abilene, Amarillo, Bryan, Dallas, El Paso, Houston,"
"James Bonham James Butler Bonham (February 20, 1807 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American soldier who died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. He was a second cousin of William B. Travis and was a messenger of the Battle of the Alamo. His younger brother, Milledge Luke Bonham, was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War, and served as Governor of South Carolina from 1862 to 1864. Bonham was born, along with his sibling (Milledge Luke Bonham) in the Redbank area (present day Saluda County) on February 20,"
"at the Alamo. In 1957, the State of Texas erected a historical marker in the San Geronimo Cemetery in Seguin, Texas in his honor. Andrew Jackson Sowell Andrew Jackson Sowell (June 27, 1815 – January 4, 1883) was a lifelong soldier and farmer in the 19th century. He was a participant in the Texas Revolution and a survivor of the siege of the Alamo. He continued his service during the years of the Republic of Texas, in the Mexican–American War, and the Civil War. He was a frontier defender, early Texas Ranger, and a friend and scout with Kit Carson."
"are used by the US Navy SEALs and the USMC MARSOC teams. Hartsfield died on May 20, 2010 at his home in Newport Beach, California after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. Phill Hartsfield Phill Hartsfield (1932 – May 20, 2010) was a Southern California sword and knifemaker based in Garden Grove, California who is noted for popularizing the chisel ground blade in the western world. Hartsfield's designs have influenced other knifemakers, primarily Ernest Emerson. Hartsfield joined the US Navy at 17 and served as a sonar technician. After serving 4 years, he was discharged and worked as a television"
"the war was over. Battery Hentig had two 3-inch M1903 guns and entered service in 1901. Battery Allen was named for Robert Allen, Jr., a cavalry officer who died at Gaines Mill in the Civil War. Battery Alburtis was named for William Alburtis, killed in the siege of Veracruz in the Mexican–American War. Battery Dodd was named for Captain Albert Dodd, also killed at Gaines Mill. Battery Hentig was named for Edmund C. Hentig, a cavalry officer killed fighting Native Americans at Cibiou Creek, Arizona in 1881. During the Spanish–American War, the fort was garrisoned by artillery soldiers of the"
"is on display in the Alamo."" Amos Pollard Amos Pollard (October 29, 1803 – March 6, 1836) was the chief surgeon of the Alamo garrison who died during the battle on March 6, 1836. Pollard was born on October 29, 1803 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts to Jonas and Martha (Martin) Pollard. He grew up in Surry, New Hampshire, and in 1825 he graduated from the medical school of the Vermont Academy in Castleton, Vermont. After residing for a period in Greenbush, New York, Pollard then removed to Manhattan where he spent the years 1825 to 1834 practicing medicine at various locations."
"George C. Kimble George C. Kimble (alternately spelled Kimbell or Kimball, March 6, 1803 – March 6, 1836) was a defender and officer of the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, who died at the Battle of the Alamo. Kimble County in the hill country of Texas is named in his honor. George C. Kimble was born in 1803 in Beechwoods, Pennsylvania to Chester Kimble and Lucy Satterlee Kimble. During his childhood his family moved to upstate New York and then to St. Clair County, Michigan. In 1825 at the age of 22, he moved to Texas as a member of"
"and then Linn may have been released. Linn purportedly served in the Alamo as a member of Capt. William Blazeby's infantry company, and likely died on March 6, 1836 in the Battle of the Alamo. William Linn (soldier) William Linn (died March 6, 1836) is believed to have participated in the Battle of the Alamo, in present-day Texas, United States, February 23 – March 6, 1836, on the Texan side. Linn resided in Boston, Massachusetts before eventually moving New Orleans and then travelling to Texas as a member of Capt. Thomas H. Breece's company of the New Orleans Greys. In"
"counties were named in his honor, including: Also: Samuel Ringgold (United States Army officer) Samuel B. Ringgold (1796 – May 11, 1846) was an artillery officer in the United States Army who was noted for several military innovations which caused him to be called the ""Father of Modern Artillery."" He was also, according to some records, the first U.S. officer to fall in the Mexican–American War, perishing from wounds received at the Battle of Palo Alto. Ringgold was the son of Samuel Ringgold, a U.S. Congressman from Maryland. A younger brother, Cadwallader Ringgold, also served in the military, becoming a"
"gun battle on horseback. In 1896, Allee was stabbed to death in a barroom brawl in Laredo in Webb County in south Texas. Allee's grandson (Alfred Young Allee) was a notable Texas Ranger for thirty-seven years. Alfred Allee Alfred Y. Allee (1855 in DeWitt County, Texas – 1896 in Laredo, Texas, 1896) was an American lawman prominent in Texas in the late 19th century, with a reputation for quick and casual violence and for shooting prisoners after they had surrendered. In 1882, Allee became deputy sheriff of Karnes County south of San Antonio. That same year, he shot and killed"
"Billy Dixon William ""Billy"" Dixon (September 25, 1850 – March 9, 1913) was an American scout and buffalo hunter active in the Texas Panhandle. He helped found Adobe Walls, fired a legendary buffalo rifle shot at the Second Battle of Adobe Walls, and for his actions at the ""Buffalo Wallow Fight"" became one of eight civilians ever to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor. Dixon was born in Ohio County in western Virginia, on September 25, 1850. Of European and Native American ancestry he was orphaned at age 12 and lived with an uncle in Missouri for a year before"