Jim Bowie is having a moment ... slave trader and Texas revolutionary died at the Alamo in 1836, securing his place in history. The nonprofit that runs the Alamo noted his birthday Monday with ...

However, the brave defenders could have been elsewhere. In early 1836, General Sam Houston gave orders to Jim Bowie: report to the Alamo, destroy it, round up the Texans there, and fall back east.

Colonel Jim Bowie, who has extensive land holdings in Texas, arrives at the Alamo with 100 Texian volunteers. But he is soon at odds with Travis, whom Bowie considers a martinet. Colonel Davy ...

About the same time William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett were defending the Alamo in San Antonio in 1836, a prison along the Missouri River in Jefferson City was ...

All 189 defenders — including Crockett and Alamo co-commanders Jim Bowie and William Travis — were killed. More than 1,000 Mexican soldiers died in the battle. Using “Remember the Alamo ...

The Battle of the Alamo holds a heroic place in American lore, nearly 200 years after its defenders were slaughtered by bullets and bayonets. "The garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort ...