Who has Jim Bowie’s knife from the 1836 Battle of the Alamo? Ben Moskowitz South Amboy, New Jersey Nobody knows. Like most, if not all, of the...
Who has Jim Bowie’s Knife from the 1836 Battle of the Alamo?
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Monkey Business
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The Robber Revealed
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175 Years of Pioneer Spirit
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Those Old B-Westerns
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Discover Texas Western Heritage
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A Treaty Goes Up in Smoke
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