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 ...

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 ...

ON CHRISTMAS DAY, DISNEY’S THE ALAMO, Hollywood’s latest historical ... Dennis Quaid as Sam Houston, Jason Patric as Jim Bowie, and newcomer Patrick Wilson as William Barret Travis.

He said the knife is undated but may precede Jim Bowie’s death at the Alamo in 1836. Johnson said it would not be unusual to find a forged inscription on a Bowie knife, but it seems unlikely ...