In 1827, James Bowie carved his way into American history at the Sandbar Fight, and soon every fighting man of the South and West had to have a knife like his.

Accompanies the exhibition held at the Historic Arkansas Museum, Dec. 13, 2013-June 22, 2014.

The Bowie is the most famous of American knives. Its history is steeped in legend; it starts with Jim Bowie and his famous Vidalia Sand Bar fight, his part in t

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