Good Old Days
Cousin Les Bowles told the story of when he was a young boy. His family lived in a typical wood dogtrot home, on the Bowles’ ranch built...
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David A. Bowles
David A Bowles
- May 23
- 1 min
Schooling America’s First Generation
The children of the revolution were schooled at home or taught in church schools. Public education would not become available for another...
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David A Bowles
- May 19
- 1 min
When the Rains Came
As a young boy, during the drought of the 50’s, I remember walking across the dry Pedernales Riverbed from the Bowles Ranch to the Turner...
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David A Bowles
- May 15
- 1 min
Daniel and Locarrier Props
Early Wilson County Pioneers, Locarrier Brown and Daniel Props married May 15, 1875, in Floresville, Texas. Locarrier was the first child...
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David A Bowles
- May 4
- 2 min
Sheep Dipping and Goat Roping
I have talked about going to a sheep dipping and goat roping and not everybody knows what that means. Back before polyester, Wal-Mart,...
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David A Bowles
- Mar 17
- 1 min
Scotch or Irish?
In my novels there are references to the Scots-Irish. I am often asked the meaning of the word (pertaining to people). An Irishman said...
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David A Bowles
- Mar 15
- 2 min
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
On the 15 th day of March 1781, the men of Guilford spent a restless night behind a split rail fence that separated the Hoskins and...
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David A Bowles
- Mar 14
- 1 min
Battle for Margaret Mitchell’s Farm
On the 14 th day of March 1781, Margaret Mitchell’s North Carolina farm was inundated by thousands of Continental soldiers. Margaret, a...
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David A Bowles
- Mar 8
- 1 min
The Family
The author makes every effort to include accurate information about the real people in his stories. Although some of the details are...
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David A Bowles
- Mar 3
- 1 min
Line in the Sand
March 3, 1836, inside the walls of the Alamo, Lt. Col. William B. Travis sat at a small wooden desk and contemplated his predicament...
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David A Bowles
- Feb 26
- 1 min
Water Was Scarce at the Alamo
February 26, 1836, two hundred Alamo defenders shivered behind the walls of the compound as the morning wind howled across the San...
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David A Bowles
- Feb 23
- 1 min
San Antonio Mayor - Francois Guilbeau
Francois Guilbeau, Jr. (1813-1879) moved to San Antonio in 1839 during the early years of the Republic of Texas. The French-born...
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David A Bowles
- Feb 21
- 1 min
Joseph Lee – 1810-1891
Attorney Joseph Lee arrived in 1840 to Austin as the three centers of government, city, county and Republic of Texas, were being...
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David A Bowles
- Feb 19
- 1 min
28th State is Born
One hundred seventy-seven years ago, the City of Austin stopped at Noon on February 19, 1846. The town of several hundred residents and...
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David A Bowles
- Feb 17
- 1 min
Last Vice President of the Republic of Texas Dies
Kenneth Lewis Anderson of San Augustine County was elected to The Texas House of Representatives in 1841. A protégé of President Sam...
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David A Bowles
- Feb 4
- 1 min
Thank You!
The manuscript of my latest book in the Westward Sagas series was completed in the spring of 2022. It took me three years to write...
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David A Bowles
- Feb 1
- 1 min
Texas Armadillo Day
Texans don’t think a Pennsylvania groundhog ought to predict our weather. Fourteen years ago, Terry Boothe called T by friends and...
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Aimee Ravichandran
- Jan 31
- 1 min
The Menger Hotel
On January 31, 1859, The Menger Hotel opened across the street from the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. O. Henry aka William Sydney Porter,...
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Aimee Ravichandran
- Jan 27
- 1 min
Judge James W. Smith
Searching for my earliest Austin family roots, I discovered this Austin Gazette article dated Jan 27, 1841. The old news story from...
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David A Bowles
- Jan 24
- 2 min
The Story of the Cover
I am excited about the upcoming release of my latest book, Sheriff of Starr County on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. Every book needs a cover...
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