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Rezin Pleasant Bowie (/ ˈ b uː i / BOO-ee) (September 8, 1793 – January 17, 1841) was a planter, inventor, and mercenary. He also served three terms in the Louisiana House of Representatives. With his brother James "Jim" Bowie, Rezin Bowie smuggled slaves and worked as a land speculator.
- American
- Adventurer (treasure hunter, smuggler, slave trader, land speculator), soldier, inventor, cattleman, sugar planter, legislator
A Bowie knife (/ ˈ b uː i / BOO-ee) is a pattern of fixed-blade fighting knife created by Rezin Bowie in the early 19th century for his brother James Bowie, who had become famous for his use of a large knife at a duel known as the Sandbar Fight.
- 1830
- Arkansas, U.S.
6 de jul. de 2017 · Updated: July 6, 2017. Bowie Knife. In 1838 Rezin P. Bowie, brother of Alamo hero James Bowie claimed that he made the first Bowie knife while the Bowies lived in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. He designed it as a hunting knife and gave it to James for protection after his brother had been shot in a fight.
After obtaining permission from the Mexican government to mount an expedition into Indian territory to locate and re-open the silver mines, Bowie, his brother Rezin, and ten others set out for San Saba on November 2, 1831.
- November 21, 1831
- American victory
1 de ago. de 1995 · Published: 1952. Updated: August 1, 1995. Bowie, Rezin Pleasant (1793–1841). Rezin P. Bowie, son of Reason (or Rezin) and Elve Ap-Catesby (Jones or Johns) Bowie, was born on September 8, 1793, on a farm one mile west of Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee. In 1909 the standing chimney was the only testimony that remained of the Bowie cabin.
Bowie knife is unknown. Rezin P. Bowie has received wide acceptance as the inventor of the Bowie knife; the chief evidence to support this is the word of Rezin P. Bowie him-self, contained in a letter dated August 24, 1838, to the Planters' Advocate, a small weekly newspaper in French and English published in Donaldsonville, Louisiana.
Rezin Pleasant Bowie ( / ˈbuːi / BOO-ee) (September 8, 1793 – January 17, 1841) was a planter, inventor, and mercenary. He also served three terms in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close. With his brother James "Jim" Bowie, Rezin Bowie smuggled slaves and worked as a land speculator.
