Year Built: 1985
Architect: Thomas and Embeton Associates, Texarkana
The Bowie County Courthouse was built in New Boston, Texas, though its legal county seat is Boston, Texas.
Boston was named for storekeeper in the early settlement, W.J. Boston.
Texarkana, a city in Bowie, is a portmanteau of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
The county is named for James Bowie, the legendary knife fighter who died at the Battle of the Alamo.
Historical Marker 12409: Five of the most prominent delegates to the Constitutional Convention of Texas, held March, 1836, hailed from Pecan Point, in this vicinity. Richard Ellis (an attorney and judge) was chosen president of the meeting and later served four terms in the Senate of the Republic. Collin McKinney (a magistrate) helped draft the declaration and served three terms in the house. A. H. Latimer (an attorney) served two terms. Samuel Price Carson (attorney) became Texas’ Secretary of State and with Robert Hamilton (financier) was an agent to the United States. (1969)
