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The Center of Camp => People of the Times => Topic started by: Craig Tx on April 03, 2017, 09:47:15 AM
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From the Texas State Historical Association
On this day in 1817, Bigfoot Wallace was born in Lexington, Virginia.
He arrived in Texas shortly after the Texas Revolution, fought Gen. Adrián Woll's invading Mexican army near San Antonio in 1842, and then volunteered for the Somervell and Mier expeditions. Some of his most graphic memories were of his experiences in Perote Prison. As soon as he was released, he joined the Texas Rangers under Jack Hays and fought with the rangers in the Mexican War. In the 1850s Captain Wallace commanded a ranger company of his own, fighting border bandits as well as Indians. He spent his later years in Frio County, near a hamlet named Bigfoot. There he was known as a mellow and convivial soul who liked to sit in a roomy rawhide-bottomed chair in the shade of his shanty and recount over the stories of his career.
Craig
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Always good, always interesting!
Keep up the good work my friend!
:hairy
Uncle Russ...
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Craig, I truly enjoy reading your post. Always interesting and always welcome! :shake
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Thanks y'all!
Craig
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Bigfoot is still there right on I-35, just north of the turnoff to Batesville, Eagle Pass, Piedras Negras, and Monclova ( a former capital of Texas).
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