Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Bowie, TX

Bowie, pronounced "BOO-ee," is named for James Bowie, the knife-fighting Alamo defender — and it is not in Bowie County, which instead contains Texarkana in far northeastern Texas.

Bowie's townsite was laid out on August 15, 1882, when the Fort Worth and Denver Railway built through southwestern Montague County and settlers moved to the rail construction camps.

Bowie residents voted to incorporate on July 22, 1884, and the town quickly became a market and financial center for farmers and ranchers between Fort Worth and Wichita Falls.

Bowie made frontier headlines in 1884 when four men robbed its First National Bank of more than $10,000 in gold coins; townspeople chased them down, and the robbers were captured and hanged.

Bowie had more than 5,000 residents by 1913 and was home to the Bowie Commercial College.

Bowie was visited by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 11, 1938, when he ceremonially bought biscuits from Fort Worth businessman Amon G. Carter, who had grown up in Bowie.

Bowie is the largest city in Montague County, although the county seat is the smaller town of Montague.

Bowie had 5,448 residents in the 2020 census, living in 2,127 households.

Bowie celebrates its namesake every summer with the Jim Bowie Days festival and rodeo, and each fall with the Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival.

Bowie has been designated a Texas Main Street City, with a historic downtown of antique shops, gift stores, and tearooms.