Code of the Cow Country
The following poem is something I found in a barn many years ago on a feed sack. I tore it off and have since found the poem in various...
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David A. Bowles
david921866
- Nov 13
- 2 min
Talkin' Texan
Being a fifth generation Texan, I have often been told I talk funny. When I travel I sometimes feel intimidated by the comments on my...
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david921866
- Nov 3
- 1 min
Father of Texas
The “Father of Texas” Stephen F. Austin was born in Virginia on November 3, 1793. His father Moses Austin received permission from Spain...
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david921866
- Oct 13
- 1 min
Over Yonder
“It’s right over yonder.” The person talking points towards a hill on the horizon. Will there be a sign when I get to yonder? I hope...
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david921866
- Oct 11
- 1 min
First Protestant Preacher in Texas
The first protestant to preach on Texas soil, Reverend Sumner Bacon, always carried his Bible and a loaded revolver. The Presbyterian...
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david921866
- Oct 9
- 1 min
Zane Grey
Literary experts estimated that author Zane Grey wrote 9M words during his lifetime. Like most writers, he had dry spells. When in the...
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david921866
- Oct 5
- 1 min
Thomas W. Ward – 1807-1872
Captain Thomas Ward was a hero of the Texas Revolution before it began. The Irish-born member of the New Orlean’s Greys lost a leg at the...
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David A Bowles
- Oct 3
- 1 min
Why the A in my name?
I have been asked why I changed my name on the cover of my latest book Sheriff of Starr County? The other book covers have David Bowles...
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David A Bowles
- Oct 3
- 1 min
Jonesborough, Tennessee
Jonesborough is the oldest town in Tennessee. Established 17 years before becoming the sixteenth state. The town had 5,860 residents as...
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David A Bowles
- Oct 2
- 1 min
Sarah Seely DeWitt 1789-1854
Sarah Seely and her husband Green DeWitt founded DeWitt Colony in the spring of 1825. Her husband Green would die in Monclova, Mexico on...
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David A Bowles
- Sep 25
- 1 min
Austin’s First Capitol Building – 1839-1856
In the spring of 1839, lumber for the first permanent Capitol of Texas had been cut and hauled from Bastrop to the building site at West...
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David A Bowles
- Sep 14
- 1 min
Joseph Lee – 1810-1891
Attorney Joseph Lee arrived in 1840 in Austin as the three centers of government; city, county and Republic of Texas were being...
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David A Bowles
- Sep 9
- 1 min
The Grandmother I Never Knew
The Spanish Flu killed my grandmother Gladys Whitt-Puryear (pictured above). She was born 1895 in Travis County, Texas. She married my...
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David A Bowles
- Sep 8
- 3 min
Errors Engraved in Stone
My Thurman ancestors were early Travis County Pioneers. They are now buried on a hilltop in Hays County on private property. Originally,...
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David A Bowles
- Sep 5
- 2 min
Oil Patch Warriors
This is a story that should make those in the oil patch proud! A little-known tale of WWII. Eighty years ago, a band of Texas and...
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David A Bowles
- Sep 5
- 1 min
Thomas J. Pilgrim - 1804-1877
Thomas Jefferson Pilgrim was born in Connecticut but got to Texas as soon as he could. He and a group of sixty men arrived at Matagorda,...
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David A Bowles
- Sep 1
- 1 min
No Trespassing!
WARNING! If you’re out traipsing through the woods as Becka and I often do, keep a close watch for purple painted posts. The state...
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David A Bowles
- Aug 30
- 1 min
San Antonio Mayor – Francois Guilbeau Jr.
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
- Aug 28
- 2 min
Austin’s First Cabinet Maker
Lorenzo Van Cleve arrived in the spring of 1839, months before the town of Austin was founded. Newly elected President Mirabeau Lamar had...
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David A Bowles
- Aug 25
- 1 min
Majestic Mountain – Mount Rushmore
Alamo Height’s resident, Lincoln Borglum finished “Mount Rushmore National Memorial” after his father, Gutzon Borglum, died in 1941. The...
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