[norton]

In mid sixties Washington Arkansas was a really neat little town. Both central in the beginnings of Texas (local tavern was much used in Texican planning and organizing) and one time capital of the Confederacy.

I sincerely hope it has not been reduced to grovellling PC by today's reconstructionists.

I THINK someone claimed that "the" Bowie knife was forged there but without a lot of supporting evidence. At any rate, the Bowie of that time was not much like the versions we see today.

[Ditter]

Thanks for the info on Washington Ark. There is also a Washington La. where my husbands family lived before emigrating to Texas in the 1840's. If I may offer a small correction, the word used for early Texans was 'Texian'. I see the word Texican used a lot but it is not correct when used to name these early residents.