August 13, 2011

One of the many historic documents housed in the Southwest Regional Archives–located at Historic Washington State Park in the old 1870s county courthouse–is this 1825 county receipt recording that James Black was paid the sum of one dollar for serving on a Hempstead County grand jury. Black, a Washington resident, is believed by many to have manufactured the first bowie knife.

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