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Part One: Jim Bowie: The Worst Texan

Behind the Bastards

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Jim Boe and the Land Cons in Arkansas

Jim boe spent most of the 1820s engaging in a series of land cons in arkansas. He would sell people land that he didn't have any right to and then take their money and fuck off. The only way he was able to get away with it was that he relied heavily on banks to lend him the credit to do land speculation.

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