Unvelied in 2016 and then certified as "World's Largest" in 2017, Texas Governor Abbott signed Texas Senate Concurrent Resolution 7 in 2021 which officially named the Bowie knife the official knife of the state of Texas. Because yes, EVERTHING'S BIGGER IN TEXAS!
James Bowie was born in Kentucky and while he had been to Texas, there is no record of him ever visiting the area that became Montague County. The city was formed in 1881, long after Bowie's death at the Battle of the Alamo. Bowie was a noted knife-fighting legend and prominently wore a large knife after an 1827 brawl in Natchez, Mississippi. The knife was reportedly "9.5 inches long, a quarter inches thick and one and a half inches wide." The pioneers who settled here opted to name the town after the hero.
If you're here with a friend, you could perhaps pose lying on your back with the knife appearing to come out of your chest. I was alone this morning and couldn't set up a clever shot.
There is a dedicated parking lot for visiting the knife and the area is handicapped accessible.
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