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First Bowie Knife
Historical Marker
Location
of sign - 6566 Main Street Winnsboro, Louisiana
Photo
taken- April 2008
Photo
courtesy of Jimmy Wayne
Text
of sign:
The
First Bowie Knife
Rezin
P. Bowie, brother of Alamo hero James Bowie, wrote, "The first Bowie
knife was made by myself in the Parish of
Avoyelles."
With this knife James killed Norris Wright in the famous Sandbar Fight near
Natchez, Miss., September 19, 1827.
Erected
by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
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