By: ROBIN MILLER
The Advocate
(Editor’s Note: On this date, in 1836, Jim Bowie was among those killed in The Alamo.)
It's been said that the Bowie knife was created in Holmesville. It's also been said it was created by a blacksmith in Abbeville.
Even so, Monty McNutt's Curious Louisiana question is about about Jim Bowie's Holmesville connection. The Baton Rougean was intrigued by a previo...
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