James Bowie, (sculpture).

James Bowie, (sculpture).

Ghiglieri, Lorenzo E., 1931- , sculptor.

James Bowie, (sculpture).

1986. Dedicated June 28, 1986.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. x 4 ft. 3 in.; Base: approx. 10 ft. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft.

(On front of base:) JAMES BOWIE/1795-1836/JAMES BOWIE WAS AT ONE TIME A FARMER,/A LOGGER, A SCOUT, A GUIDE, A LAND AGENT,/AND A COLONEL IN THE TEXAS RANGERS./HE IS BETTER KNOWN, HOWEVER, FOR THE/KNIFE THAT BEARS HIS NAME AND HIS/DEATH AT THE ALAMO./FIGHTING FOR TEXAS INDEPENDENCE AT THE/ALAMO, JAMES BOWIE WAS KILLED ON/MARCH 6, 1836. ON DECEMBER 4, 1840,/BOWIE COUNTY WAS NAMED IN HIS HONOR./THE NEARBY JAMES BOWIE SCHOOL DISTRICT,/ORGANIZED MAY 14, 1935, ALSO BEARS HIS NAME. (On proper left side of base:) GOLD STAR COUNTY/OUT OF 254 TEXAS COUNTIES, ONLY 37 SHARE/THE DISTINCTION OF BEING ESTABLISHED/WHILE TEXAS WAS A REPUBLIC, FROM 1836/THROUGH 1845./BOWIE COUNTY, CREATED ON DECEMBER 17, 1840,/IS ONE OF THESE GOLD STAR COUNTIES.

(On proper right side of base:) DEDICATED/JUNE 28, 1986/BY/TEXAS GOVERNOR MARK WHITE ARKANSAS GOVERNOR BILL CLINTON/TEXAS SESQUICENTENNIAL ARKANSAS SESQUICENTENNIAL/150 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE 150 YEARS OF STATEHOOD/BOWIE COUNTY SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE/IDA LOU MOORES AMES, CHAIRPERSON RUBY NELL HART/JETTY LOONEY DUFFER MARSHA CUNNINGHAM TELFORD (On back of base:) COMMISSIONERS COURT/COUNTY JUDGE, ED MILLER/COMMISSIONERS/ DALE BARRETT L.B. GRIMES/PAUL FANNIN DEXTER HENRY

Full-length portrait of James Bowie. He wears frontiersman's clothing including a homespun shirt and knee-high boots. A powder horn is tied to a strap over his proper left shoulder. He holds the barrel of a rifle with his proper left hand; the butt of the gun rests on the ground in front of him. His proper left leg is forward and his proper left foot rests on a rock. He carries a Bowie knife in his proper right hand. The bronze sculpture stands on a polished granite base.

Portrait male -- Bowie, James -- Full length

Object -- Weapon -- Gun

Object -- Weapon -- Dagger

Occupation -- Military -- Colonel

Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- New Boston

Administered by Bowie County, Commissioner's Court, P. O. Box 238, New Boston, Texas 75570

Located Bowie County Courthouse, New Boston, Texas

The sculpture, which cost $88,000, was paid for by a grant from the Alumax Corporation. IAS files contain copy of related article from Texarkana Gazette, July 20, 1986.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.

Texarkana Gazette, July 20, 1986.

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