LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – With Sunday as National Inventor’s Day, it’s a good time to bring up a classic Arkansas inventor who put the Natural State on the innovation map early on. As the legend has it, ...

Bowie knife and sheath as pictured in mid-1800s, when the world famous, Louisiana born weaponhelped carve new North American frontiers. The knife was invented by Rezin Bowie and made famous by his ...

The Knife Gallery, one of Historic Arkansas Museum's most popular exhibits, has opened again after a three-year closing to update its displays focused on Bowie knives, also known in the frontier era ...

"James Black: Life and Legacy," a look at the man who forged the so-called Bowie Knife for James Bowie, is on display through Jan. 28 — 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday in the 1874 Courthouse Visitor ...

Support journalism that digs deeper into topics that matter most to ArkLaTex. Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism. HOPE, Ark. -- A festival celebrating James Black, ...

More than 180 years after his death, the mention of Jim Bowie still stirs the imagination of admirers around the world. But Bowie was more than just the knife or the battle at the Alamo. Overall, it ...

SALADO — Well, it wasn’t really Jim Bowie’s knife, but it looked enough like one for an Alamo curator to put it on display for 10 years. Then, the story goes, U.S. officials found Mexico had the knife ...