Jim bowie

Drawing on their own words and the words written about them, we can examine the characteristics that made Crockett and his fellow Alamo defenders legends.

In their new book, Forget the Alamo, three Texans bust the myths about that famous “last stand” in San Antonio.

While the garrison holding the Alamo was at its lowest ebb, Jim Bowie returned to the mission city with 30 men on January 19, 1836, to prepare San Antonio for defense from a re-invasion of Texas by Gen. Santa Anna. It will be remembered that Bowie had taken part in the battle that drove Mexican forces from San Antonio at the First Battle of the Alamo December 5-9, 1835.

As a fearsome weapon, the Bowie knife recently donated to the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum speaks for itself.

What did American Indians do with captives? John O’Connor (Phoenix, Arizona) The taking of captives varied with the various tribes, but generally, all

Jim Bowie, American pioneer and hero, and his signature knife. Born in Kentucky, Bowie lived in Louisiana and died at the Alamo.