Sep 19  The Famous Sandbar Fight
Channel: Natchez National Historical Park
Date: 2016-09-19

Travis Patten presents today's Natchez History Minute about the famous sandbar fight that occurred on this day, Sept. 19 in 1827.  Although the two duelists shook hands as friends, a violent fight broke out among the crowd of men, one of whom was Jim Bowie who was carrying a really big knife.