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  • The American West: The Many Ways James Bowie Died At The Alamo

    10/28/2024 11:01:48 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 24 replies
    Cowboy State Daily ^ | October 26, 2024 | William Groneman
    (Cowboy State Daily Staff) =================================================================================== Every year the Alamo’s March 6 anniversary ignites lively debate among aficionados concerning many details of the battle. The death of David Crockett, the Alamo’s most famous combatant, draws most attention. James Bowie, the Alamo’s other frontier celebrity must shake his head in the Texas Valhalla. His death, as sacrificially heroic as Crockett’s, does not generate the same interest. However, versions of Bowie’s death, while not as numerous as Crockett’s, are as varied and interesting. According to stories spread after the battle, Bowie either died: as a murder victim; a suicide; a battle casualty; or...
  • REMEMBER THE ALAMO – OR ELSE: ...brave fighters who epitomized 'Victory or Death'

    02/25/2019 7:42:35 PM PST · by Perseverando · 37 replies
    WND ^ | February 24, 2019 | Chuck Norris
    Someone sent me a Chuck Norris fact that says: “Had Chuck Norris been present at the Battle of the Alamo, the southern border of Texas would be extended a few thousand miles to Guatemala.” I don’t know about that, but I can tell you I’ve found some of my greatest heroes at that Texan O.K. Corral. Sunday, Feb. 24, marks the anniversary of the day in 1836 that those Alamo defenders called for assistance. Colonel William Travis sent out that call for help on behalf of the Texan troops defending the Alamo, the old Spanish mission and fortress in the...