Bowie’s grandfather bought 162 acres of land, becoming among the first of many Black ranchers in Texas.
TYLER, Texas — An East Texas rancher is upholding his family’s legacy and has broken through racial barriers to get to where he is today.
Winford Bowie, who will turn 88 next month, said he remembers the days when he and his ancestors couldn’t do anything but work. Bowie’s grandfather came to East Texas from Alabama in 1892 to purchase land with the objective of being a farmer. Bowie, 87, upholds the family legacy today as he runs the 132-year-old ranch.
“For a Black man, there was nothing for us to do but farm work,” Bowie said. “But my granddaddy was what we would call a farmhand rancher because at that time there wasn’t any work to do other than farm work.”
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