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David Bowie Memorial
& Miscellaneous Markers
Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas
James Bowie
Hero of the Alamo
"They never fail who die in a just cause"
Love of adventure brought the young South Carolinian to Texas with
James Long in 1819. Romance made of him a Mexican citizen and won
for him in San Antonio a Spanish bride, Ursula Veramendi.
Erected by the State of Texas - 1936.
Dreams of fabulous wealth lured Bowie to the San Saba region where
he met an unexpected Indian attack with unflinching courage against
the political and military tyrant who threatened the freedom of
Texas, his arm was repeatedly raised until he fell among the last
defenders of the Alamo March 6, 1836.
B.T. Estes Chapter
R.A.M. 263 Border Lodge
672 A.F. & A.M. December 1909
Texarkana School Board
A.S. Watlington, Pres.
S.M. Ragland
I. Schwarz
E.L. Beck
P.W. Morrow
J.E. Morriss
Jas. Beck
A.D. 1904
W.H. Arnold
J.C. Edwards
W.L. Williams
W.C. Cook
F.W. Offenhauser
A.B. Little - Directors
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