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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29CZ_home-county-of-governor-james-v-allred_Bowie-TX.html
Vigorous, forthright and humane Chief Executive of Texas in years 1935-1939. Born in Bowie, one of nine children of Renne and Mary Henson Allred worked in youth as a soda pop bottler, shoeshine boy, newsboy. Attended local schools, Rice University…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2949_montague-county_Bowie-TX.html
Created December 24, 1857 Organized August 2, 1858 Named in honor of Daniel Montague 1798-1876 Pioneer Texas surveyor and Indian fighter Commander of a company in the Mexican War Montague, County Seat
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28U2_elmwood-cemetery_Bowie-TX.html
Early settler James W. Stallings donated the first portion of land for the establishment of a cemetery for area residents at this site in 1880. Two years later, the town of Bowie was platted near the cemetery site, along the route of the Fort Wort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O5E_first-national-bank-of-bowie_Bowie-TX.html
The oldest financial institution in Montague County, this bank was chartered on March 10, 1890, eight years after the town of Bowie was created on the line of the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway. Beginning with an initial capital of $50,000, it…
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