Episodes List
Ep.1 The Birth of the Blade
Air Date: 1956-09-07
How Jim Bowie came to invent his famous Bowie knife
Ep.2 The Squatter
Air Date: 1956-09-14
Bowie tries to talk a neighbor out of throwing a couple of penniless German squatters off her land.
Ep.3 An Adventure with Audubon
Air Date: 1956-09-21
Bowie assists legendary painter/naturalist John James Audubon avoid French forces that are hunting for him.
Ep.4 Deputy Sheriff
Air Date: 1956-09-28
Volunteering as a temporary deputy to guard a prisoner, Bowie comes to believe that the young man may be innocent.
Ep.5 Trapline
Air Date: 1956-10-05
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.
Ep.6 Broomstick Wedding
Air Date: 1956-10-12
A trade of horses leads to an angry father mistaking Bowie for his neighbor, the potential object of a shotgun wedding.
Ep.7 Natchez Trace
Air Date: 1956-10-19
A group of travelers ask Bowie for help against a rumored highwayman on the trail to Natchez.
Ep.8 Jim Bowie Comes Home
Air Date: 1956-10-26
On returning from a trip, Bowie finds that the town near his home has been taken over by a gang of young hoodlums.
Ep.9 The Ghost of Jean Battoo
Air Date: 1956-11-02
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.
Ep.10 The Secessionist
Air Date: 1956-11-09
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.
Ep.11 Land Jumpers
Air Date: 1956-11-16
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.
Ep.12 The Select Females
Air Date: 1956-11-23
Bowie encounters the headmistress of a school for young ladies, and she tells him that one of her students has been kidnapped.
Ep.13 Bowie and His Slave
Air Date: 1956-11-30
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.
Ep.14 Outlaw Kingdom
Air Date: 1956-12-07
Bowie goes after a gang of river pirates who have stolen his cargo.
Ep.15 The Swordsman
Air Date: 1956-12-14
Bowie runs into trouble when an attractive woman in New Orleans, where he has gone to purchase an estate, turns his head.
Ep.16 The Return of the Alcibiade
Air Date: 1956-12-21
Bowie goes after the thief who stole an expensive Christmas gift he bought for his mother.
Ep.17 Monsieur Francois
Air Date: 1956-12-28
Bowie comes to the aid of a French boy and his aunt, newly arrived in New Orleans, who are the victims of confidence tricksters.
Ep.18 A Horse for Old Hickory
Air Date: 1957-01-04
Bidding for a racehorse to present as a gift to President Jackson, Bowie finds that he is up against Sam Houston.
Ep.19 The Beggar of New Orleans
Air Date: 1957-01-11
Bowie tries to help a former champion fencer who has become a street beggar.
Ep.20 Osceola
Air Date: 1957-01-18
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.
Ep.21 Master of Arms
Air Date: 1957-01-25
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.
Ep.22 Convoy Gold
Air Date: 1957-02-01
Bowie tries to get a gold shipment safely through to New Orleans.
Ep.23 Spanish Intrigue
Air Date: 1957-02-08
Bowie meets Simon Bolivar, who wants to liberate all of Latin American from the yoke of Spanish rule.
Ep.24 Bayou Tontine
Air Date: 1957-02-15
Naturalist Audubon returns to ask Bowie for help in protecting a young girl whose life is in danger after she inherits a fortune.
Ep.25 German George
Air Date: 1957-02-22
Bowie goes after the gambler who cheated and then killed Bowie's friend and partner.
Ep.26 An Eye for an Eye
Air Date: 1957-03-01
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.
Ep.27 The Captain's Chimp
Air Date: 1957-03-08
Bowie goes after a thief who has trained a chimpanzee to climb up through people's windows.
Ep.28 Jackson Assassination
Air Date: 1957-03-15
Bowie is duped into helping a group that is plotting the President's assassination.
Ep.29 Rezin Bowie, Gambler
Air Date: 1957-03-22
Unaware that it is a setup, Jim's brother wins big and decides to become a professional gambler.
Ep.30 Thieves' Market
Air Date: 1957-03-29
When Bowie escorts his young French friend to the notorious thieves' marketplace in New Orleans, they are set upon by - thieves.
Ep.31 The Pearl and the Crown
Air Date: 1957-04-05
After a newspaper prints a poem about him, Bowie confronts the editor, who is later found murdered.
Ep.32 The General's Disgrace
Air Date: 1957-04-12
Bowie suspects a connection between recent holdups and the heavy gambling losses of a general's son.
Ep.33 The Lottery
Air Date: 1957-04-19
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.
Ep.34 The Intruder
Air Date: 1957-04-26
Bowie tries to help a young burglar who was caught robbing his friend Francois.
Ep.35 Country Cousin
Air Date: 1957-05-03
Bowie gets into trouble with his relatives when he cuts his visiting cousin in on a deal that turns out to be a hoax.
Ep.36 The Bound Girl
Air Date: 1957-05-10
Bowie resolves to help an indentured servant girl from Ireland, whose unwilling services have been purchased by a mean widower.
Ep.37 Bounty Hunter
Air Date: 1957-05-17
When Bowie and his newspaper friend unwittingly help a fugitive from justice, a bounty hunter pursues them all.
Ep.38 Gone to Texas
Air Date: 1957-05-24
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.
