The Adventures of Jim Bowie - Season 1

The Adventures of Jim Bowie - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes38
DatesSep 7, 1956 - May 24, 1957
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Episodes

The Birth of the Blade
Season 1Episode 130 min

The Birth of the Blade

How Jim Bowie came to invent his famous Bowie knife
Sep 7, 1956
The Squatter
Season 1Episode 230 min

The Squatter

Bowie tries to talk a neighbor out of throwing a couple of penniless German squatters off her land.
Sep 14, 1956
An Adventure with Audubon
Season 1Episode 330 min

An Adventure with Audubon

Bowie assists legendary painter/naturalist John James Audubon avoid French forces that are hunting for him.
Sep 21, 1956
Deputy Sheriff
Season 1Episode 430 min

Deputy Sheriff

Volunteering as a temporary deputy to guard a prisoner, Bowie comes to believe that the young man may be innocent.
Sep 28, 1956
Trapline
Season 1Episode 530 min

Trapline

A fur company is apparently trying to keep the Cajun fur trappers in line by killing anyone who trades with an independent dealer - like Jim Bowie.
Oct 5, 1956
Broomstick Wedding
Season 1Episode 630 min

Broomstick Wedding

A trade of horses leads to an angry father mistaking Bowie for his neighbor, the potential object of a shotgun wedding.
Oct 12, 1956
Natchez Trace
Season 1Episode 730 min

Natchez Trace

A group of travelers ask Bowie for help against a rumored highwayman on the trail to Natchez.
Oct 19, 1956
Jim Bowie Comes Home
Season 1Episode 830 min

Jim Bowie Comes Home

On returning from a trip, Bowie finds that the town near his home has been taken over by a gang of young hoodlums.
Oct 26, 1956
The Ghost of Jean Battoo
Season 1Episode 930 min

The Ghost of Jean Battoo

Bowie encounters a group of farmers who are being duped into paying protection money to an old woman against the ghost of a famous Louisiana pirate.
Nov 2, 1956
The Secessionist
Season 1Episode 1030 min

The Secessionist

Bowie finds that a friend of his has been asked by President Andrew Jackson to try to talk a group of French planters out of seceding from the Union.
Nov 9, 1956
Land Jumpers
Season 1Episode 1130 min

Land Jumpers

Just when Jim and his brother try to sell a large tract of land, a Frenchman shows up claiming to have the proper title to the property, which is verified by a local judge.
Nov 16, 1956
The Select Females
Season 1Episode 1230 min

The Select Females

Bowie encounters the headmistress of a school for young ladies, and she tells him that one of her students has been kidnapped.
Nov 23, 1956
Bowie and His Slave
Season 1Episode 1330 min

Bowie and His Slave

Bowie comes to the aid of a former slave who he had freed, but who has been captured and is being sold again at a slave auction.
Nov 30, 1956
Outlaw Kingdom
Season 1Episode 1430 min

Outlaw Kingdom

Bowie goes after a gang of river pirates who have stolen his cargo.
Dec 7, 1956
The Swordsman
Season 1Episode 1530 min

The Swordsman

Bowie runs into trouble when an attractive woman in New Orleans, where he has gone to purchase an estate, turns his head.
Dec 14, 1956
The Return of the Alcibiade
Season 1Episode 1630 min

The Return of the Alcibiade

Bowie goes after the thief who stole an expensive Christmas gift he bought for his mother.
Dec 21, 1956
Monsieur Francois
Season 1Episode 1730 min

Monsieur Francois

Bowie comes to the aid of a French boy and his aunt, newly arrived in New Orleans, who are the victims of confidence tricksters.
Dec 28, 1956
A Horse for Old Hickory
Season 1Episode 1830 min

A Horse for Old Hickory

Bidding for a racehorse to present as a gift to President Jackson, Bowie finds that he is up against Sam Houston.
Jan 4, 1957
The Beggar of New Orleans
Season 1Episode 1930 min

The Beggar of New Orleans

Bowie tries to help a former champion fencer who has become a street beggar.
Jan 11, 1957
Osceola
Season 1Episode 2030 min

Osceola

Bowie comes to the aid of the native Seminoles, whom the army is trying to move from their traditional home to a tract of less desirable land.
Jan 18, 1957
Master of Arms
Season 1Episode 2130 min

Master of Arms

An expert French swordsman sells Bowie a lottery ticket, but then after Bowie wins he decides that the winings should belong to him and comes after Bowie.
Jan 25, 1957
Convoy Gold
Season 1Episode 2230 min

Convoy Gold

Bowie tries to get a gold shipment safely through to New Orleans.
Feb 1, 1957
Spanish Intrigue
Season 1Episode 2330 min

Spanish Intrigue

Bowie meets Simon Bolivar, who wants to liberate all of Latin American from the yoke of Spanish rule.
Feb 8, 1957
Bayou Tontine
Season 1Episode 2430 min

Bayou Tontine

Naturalist Audubon returns to ask Bowie for help in protecting a young girl whose life is in danger after she inherits a fortune.
Feb 15, 1957
German George
Season 1Episode 2530 min

German George

Bowie goes after the gambler who cheated and then killed Bowie's friend and partner.
Feb 22, 1957
An Eye for an Eye
Season 1Episode 2630 min

An Eye for an Eye

Trying to stop an Indian uprising, Bowie only gets into more trouble after telling a native Cherokee princess the story of John Smith and Pocahontas.
Mar 1, 1957
The Captain's Chimp
Season 1Episode 2730 min

The Captain's Chimp

Bowie goes after a thief who has trained a chimpanzee to climb up through people's windows.
Mar 8, 1957
Jackson Assassination
Season 1Episode 2830 min

Jackson Assassination

Bowie is duped into helping a group that is plotting the President's assassination.
Mar 15, 1957
Rezin Bowie, Gambler
Season 1Episode 2930 min

Rezin Bowie, Gambler

Unaware that it is a setup, Jim's brother wins big and decides to become a professional gambler.
Mar 22, 1957
Thieves' Market
Season 1Episode 3030 min

Thieves' Market

When Bowie escorts his young French friend to the notorious thieves' marketplace in New Orleans, they are set upon by - thieves.
Mar 29, 1957
The Pearl and the Crown
Season 1Episode 3130 min

The Pearl and the Crown

After a newspaper prints a poem about him, Bowie confronts the editor, who is later found murdered.
Apr 5, 1957
The General's Disgrace
Season 1Episode 3230 min

The General's Disgrace

Bowie suspects a connection between recent holdups and the heavy gambling losses of a general's son.
Apr 12, 1957
The Lottery
Season 1Episode 3330 min

The Lottery

Bowie organizes a lottery to help an orphanage, unaware that the men he has hired plan to fix the drawing so that they will collect the winnings.
Apr 19, 1957
The Intruder
Season 1Episode 3430 min

The Intruder

Bowie tries to help a young burglar who was caught robbing his friend Francois.
Apr 26, 1957
Country Cousin
Season 1Episode 3530 min

Country Cousin

Bowie gets into trouble with his relatives when he cuts his visiting cousin in on a deal that turns out to be a hoax.
May 3, 1957
The Bound Girl
Season 1Episode 3630 min

The Bound Girl

Bowie resolves to help an indentured servant girl from Ireland, whose unwilling services have been purchased by a mean widower.
May 10, 1957
Bounty Hunter
Season 1Episode 3730 min

Bounty Hunter

When Bowie and his newspaper friend unwittingly help a fugitive from justice, a bounty hunter pursues them all.
May 17, 1957
Gone to Texas
Season 1Episode 3830 min

Gone to Texas

As if his passport difficulties weren't enough, when Bowie crosses the border into Texas he finds out that someone is trying to kill him.
May 24, 1957

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