Part of the commemoration includes a new exhibit called "Jim Bowie: Man, Knife, Legend." "It’s kind of amazing, isn't it? This knife has been famous since 1827,” said Bryan Preston ...

Q: What happened to the original Bowie knife? Rumors fly about this, but a Bowie knife attributed to Jim Bowie’s big brother, Rezin Bowie, was donated to the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame Museum.

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Well, it wasn’t really Jim Bowie’s knife, but it looked enough like one for an Alamo curator to put it on display for 10 years.