| BOWIE
COUNTY
Bowie County is in the far northeastern corner of the
state, bordered by the Red River on the north, with
Arkansas and Oklahoma across its northern boundary and
Arkansas to the east. Boston, the county seat, is located
near the center of the county at 33E27' north latitude
and 94E25' west longitude, twenty-one miles west of
Texarkana, the county's largest town. The county occupies
891 square miles of the East Texas Timberlands. The
terrain is level to gently rolling; its elevation ranges
from 200 to 450 feet above mean sea level. The county
is drained by the Red and Sulphur rivers, which form
its northern and southern boundaries. Most of the soils
are either loamy or clayey. Mineral resources include
oil, gas, lignite, and ceramic clay. The county also
has abundant forest lands, and in 1981 its timber production
totalled 10,292,035 cubic feet. Temperatures range from
an average high of 94EF in July to an average low of
30E in January. Rainfall is abundant, averaging forty-seven
inches a year, and the growing season is long, an average
of 235 days annually. At first European contact, wildlife
native to the area included buffalo, deer, bear, beaver,
and turkey.
Bowie County is home
to various types of recreation and entertainment. The
Bowie County Courthouse and Jail in Boston is listed
in the National Register of Historic Places, along with
seven sites in and around Texarkana, including the Draughn-Moore
House, the Offenhauser Building, the Saenger Theater,
the Hotel McCartney, the Rialto Building, the Whitaker
House, and the Roseburough Lake Site. There are seven
major lakes in the county, the largest being the 20,300-acre
Wright Patman Lake.qv Game and fur animals include deer,
squirrel, quail, muskrat, beaver, otter, opossum, mink,
ring-tailed cat, badger, fox, raccoon, skunk, and civet
cat (see furbearing mammals). Texarkana supports a museum
and a zoo as well as various cultural events sponsored
by Texarkana College. Finally, the county serves as
a major point of entry into the state of Texas because
of its location on Interstate 30. In 1990 the population
of Bowie County was 81,665.
Some communities in Bowie County include Texarkana,
New Boston, Wake Village, Atlanta, Linden, Kildare,
Bassett, Bryan Mills, Maud, Douglassville and Avinger.
From our office in Heath,
Texas, we serve the Bowie County area. We are dedicated
to zealously helping people right the wrongs caused
by the acts and conduct of other people or entities.
We are committed to excellence by providing the highest
quality service to our clients while treating everyone
fairly. Our work will be carried out in an innovative
and aggressive manner but all we do will be done to
highest standards of ethical and honest conduct.
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