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Bowie Knife Origin Sparks Arkansas Debate in 1838
A Batesville Arkansas News item from November 15 1838 details a heated dispute over Bowies knife origin citing a Baltimore Transcript sketch of Bowies inventor. It notes Bowies duel history with a blacksmiths forge commission producing a 12 inch knife and Bowies later fame tied to a field at Avoyelles and the Alamo era. The piece includes a response from Bowie denying the wanderer blacksmith tale and asserting his own hand in the knives creation, plus a 1930s Arkansas law restricting Bowie knife sales and references to its widespread use in frontier violence.
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Arkansas
Biff
Bowie
Baltimore, Md
Fontiers
Daniel Boune
Keltucky
Crockett
Biebed
Bowie Aid
Resin Bowie
Norrasgos
Louisiana
Holence
Havana
Cuba
Howis
Avoyelles
James Bowle
James Bowie
Col.taries Bowls
Ioselin
Advdcate
Donaldsativille
R. B. Bowe
Beaiti Bowie
Black
Washington
Simms
England
Arkatsags
Ase
Lane
Montgomery
Jennison
West
Tennessee
Knickerbocker Magazine
Memphis