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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…