Posted on 04/07/2016 6:49:06 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
OWIE, Texas — Word spreads quickly around in the City of Bowie, Population: 5,000.
So when a large statue covered with blue tarp showed up off of Highway 81, just about everyone in the city already knew what was underneath it.
"I think it will put Bowie on the map," said local Bill Enlow. "I hope it does."
People driving by noticed the crowds surrounding the statue Thursday afternoon, and they also heard the applause after the Montague County city unveiled what will be its new landmark.
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Oh, the Bowie Knife, NOT David Bowie. I hope that sculpture is very firmly fixed to the ground, because I can see lots of kids and idle adults making a sport of trying to pull that knife handle down. Good idea though, and it invites us to learn about local history.
It’s gonna be YUUGE!
that is pretty neat.
Since I am related distantly to Jim Bowie, it means something to me.
It needs sharpnin’
Ping
I’ve been to Bowie so many times
Played em in football , baseball , track, bball from 4th grade to 12th
Fine knife. I have a Ka-Bar, which incorporates some Bowie knife features, though on a smaller scale: blade length, 7”.
Looks obscene to me.
If it’s a true Bowie, it has to have a clip-edge, which I thought were illegal.
A nice place to visit, but a little to close to Yankee lands for me. LoL!
Believe it or not, Bowie knives are illegal in Texas.
http://www.akti.org/news/texas-2015-knife-bill-make-bowie-knives-legal/
YANKEE LAND?
That’s a joke, son..
He who pulls the knife from the stone shall be King of Texas!
True story: was in Malibu Ca at a party at one of those condo homes literally on stilts,2 story, and you could go on the balcony and see water below ya
When I could not find my friend, I ax’d the host if he had seen him
He grinned an said,he went back east to pee
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