Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast
Episode 64: The Real James Bowie

As we turn the calendar to a new year, we remember an Alamo Defender who also used the new year to forge a fresh start. On January 1, 1830, James Bowie officially moved to Texas.

We reveal the real James Bowie: how he became internationally known as a fearless knife-fighter, his marriage into a prominent San Antonio family, and what we know about his final moments from his sickbed defending the Alamo. Featuring the Alamo's former curator Dr. Bruce Winders and historian, reenactor, and author Jack Edmondson.

Read Dr. Bruce Winders' essay on Bowie: https://www.thealamo.org/remember/james-bowie
Read Dr. Bruce Winders' essay on Bowie's San Saba mine search: https://www.thealamo.org/remember/james-bowie/bowies-silver
See James Bowie statue at the Alamo: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyBaucumSATX/posts/1166784951477252

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