Red River at Alexandria, Louisiana. Approximating what the sandbar on the Mississippi River might have looked like at the Sandbar Fight of 1827, which made James Bowie famous. Photograph by Billy Hathorn, 2008.
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Hathorn, B. (2025, November 20). Red River at Alexandria, Louisiana. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21335/red-river-at-alexandria-louisiana/
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Hathorn, Billy. "Red River at Alexandria, Louisiana." World History Encyclopedia, November 20, 2025. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21335/red-river-at-alexandria-louisiana/.
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