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To: SunkenCiv

Jim Bowie (Buie) was from Opelousas, Louisiana. He killed a man in a knife fight in that town and there is a large rooted live oak tree growing near the site of the fight and it’s called the Bowie Oak.


5 posted on 03/26/2014 1:22:37 PM PDT by NY Cajun
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To: NY Cajun

Thanks!


9 posted on 03/26/2014 2:05:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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