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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, Mississippi, September 19, 1827.
Located in Marksville, Courthouse Square, District 8, Parish Avoyelles Parish. 263




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