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Part Two: Jim Bowie: The Worst Texan

Behind the Bastards

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Texas - The Best Shot a Mexican Landowner Has at Getting More Free Land

If he had succeeded, Bowie would have been the largest landowner in Arkansas. He failed and now he was all but broke by the end of 1828. So that's what leads him to Texas is he has failed in a series of incredibly ambitious land cods. And Texas is the best shot he has at getting a bunch more free land.

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