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By Kathy Klump,Peta-Anne Tenney

based in 1880 alongside the Southern Pacific Railroad line, Bowie is found in northern Cochise County. It was once initially named Teviston after Capt. James H. Tevis, operator of the Butterfield Overland level Station. Later, the city used to be named after close by castle Bowie, which was once the scene of many battles with the Chiricahua Apaches. In 1886, the Apaches, together with Geronimo and Cochise's son Naiche, have been loaded on trains in Bowie and despatched to Florida as prisoners of struggle. The Indian Wars in the United States have been over. Bowie grew to become a huge transport aspect for the army and the mines. a gorgeous educate station with a firstclass resort and eating room served the millions of passengers touring via. nice soil, friendly weather, and artesian wells attracted homesteaders who grew all kinds of fruit and vegetable possible. Ranchers within the within reach mountains shipped farm animals through hundreds of thousands of carloads at a time. After US road 86 was once accomplished, Bowie turned a favourite preventing aspect for tourists. Pecans, pistachios, and wine from neighborhood vineyards allure viewers today.

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