James Bowie

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Jim Bowie, portrait by an unknown artist; in the Capitol Building, Austin, Texas

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Mar 02, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 16, 2024
	Add new Web site: Legends of America - Biography of James Bowie.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 27, 2023
	Modified link of Web site: Legends of America - Biography of James Bowie.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 27, 2023
	Add new Web site: 64 Parishes - Jim Bowie.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 11, 2023
	Add new Web site: CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Biography of Jim Bowie.	Gloria Lotha	May 27, 2023
	Add new Web site: The Alamo - Biography of James Bowie.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 14, 2023
	Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - James Bowie.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jan 26, 2023
	Add new Web site: The Wild West - Cowboys - Biography of James Bowie.	Emily Rodriguez	Mar 31, 2017
	Article revised and updated.	Michael Ray	Sep 17, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998