photos

photos of bowie

bowie post office

there has been a post office in the area since 1866 when the apache pass post office was established. it was renamed fort bowie in 1880, and in 1894 it was closed and mail was sent to the teviston post office.

the post office at bowie was named bean in september of 1881 and held that name for only a few months before it was renamed teviston in december of that year. in 1911 the teviston post office was renamed bowie post office.

captain james h. tevis, the founder of bowie, was the 6th postmaster in the years 1903 through 1905.

the current building was built in 1964.

geronimo's castle

eva e. hall school building

the old bowie grammar school building was built in 1912 and named in memory of pioneer teacher, miss eva e. hall. she began teaching in bowie in about 1921 and retired in 1949. she was known as a dedicated teacher who would tutor students in her free time. miss hall died in 1958, and is buried in bowie's desert rest cemetery.

bowie high school

bowie fire department

community center and food pantry

bowie community park (welker-scott memorial park)

jimmie libhart library

bowie baptist church

bowie catholic church

bowie methodist church

government peak in the dos cabezas mountains

mountain views and tree farm at the end of central avenue.