Texas Ranger William "Bigfoot" Wallace

Texas Ranger William "Bigfoot" Wallace

Texas Ranger William "Bigfoot" Wallace
« on: March 20, 2022, 06:56:32 am »
William "Bigfoot Wallace" was born in 1817 in Virginia. He came to Texas in 1837. He was taken prison by the Lipan Indians in 1838 and subsequently released. He fought in the Texas battles of Salado and Mier. He was sited for his bravery. In 1848, he was a member of a party of 35 Texas Rangers of Crumps company in an attack on the Lipan Indians with 14 Indians killed. In 1850, he received a commission from Texas Gov. Bell to raise a company of Rangers. In August of 1850, he and 23 Rangers  fought 125 Comanche Indians. The battle lasted 7 hours.  14 days later, he again fought the same Indians and defeated them. He again defeated the Comanche Indians on the West bank of the Nueces River.
In 1852, the was the conductor of a U.S. Mail party. he was attacked by Lipan Indians several times and fought several battles in this period. During the Civil War in Texas he helped guard the frontier against Comanche Indians. In his later years he lived in South Texas in a small village named BIGFOOT. He sat on his front porch and told stories of his past experiences. He was friendly and well liked. He died on January 7, 1899.
This image dates in the 1880s.

Identifier (messages:topics)
 

  Subject Views Last post
9779 Views October 10, 2019, 06:06:59 pm
9745 Views October 14, 2019, 10:04:13 am
9250 Views October 26, 2019, 12:02:25 pm
9130 Views October 26, 2019, 03:30:04 pm
8705 Views October 30, 2019, 06:11:14 pm
8401 Views November 01, 2019, 07:17:44 am
8267 Views November 03, 2019, 02:16:24 pm
8375 Views November 05, 2019, 04:45:09 pm
7891 Views November 07, 2019, 04:15:16 pm
7851 Views November 07, 2019, 04:24:41 pm
8118 Views November 07, 2019, 04:48:05 pm
8090 Views November 07, 2019, 05:00:55 pm
8314 Views November 08, 2019, 04:19:47 pm
8377 Views November 09, 2019, 04:29:26 pm
8009 Views November 10, 2019, 04:31:25 pm
7941 Views November 13, 2019, 08:44:31 am
9576 Views November 13, 2019, 04:53:15 pm
7996 Views November 23, 2019, 09:59:58 am
8417 Views November 25, 2019, 05:30:04 pm
7783 Views November 29, 2019, 04:10:04 pm
8482 Views December 05, 2019, 07:43:02 am
8457 Views December 08, 2019, 10:20:40 am
8943 Views December 12, 2019, 04:24:09 pm
8357 Views December 16, 2019, 04:06:06 pm
7875 Views December 16, 2019, 04:20:29 pm
9678 Views December 26, 2019, 03:42:10 pm
8002 Views January 04, 2020, 08:18:58 am
8690 Views January 05, 2020, 10:14:35 am
7979 Views January 07, 2020, 09:11:00 am
7207 Views January 12, 2020, 02:34:22 pm
7686 Views January 12, 2020, 02:37:24 pm
8909 Views January 16, 2020, 03:51:51 pm
10353 Views January 21, 2020, 06:57:52 pm
8681 Views January 31, 2022, 08:42:13 am
8336 Views February 17, 2022, 06:26:33 am
10078 Views February 17, 2022, 06:49:15 am
9939 Views February 27, 2022, 04:50:06 pm
8481 Views February 28, 2022, 02:15:41 pm
8357 Views February 28, 2022, 06:17:18 pm
9673 Views March 02, 2022, 05:13:02 pm
16529 Views March 04, 2022, 10:24:27 am
17104 Views March 04, 2022, 04:07:29 pm
14750 Views March 20, 2022, 07:49:46 am
14492 Views March 20, 2022, 04:23:56 pm
14562 Views March 20, 2022, 04:30:22 pm
15396 Views March 20, 2022, 04:37:47 pm
15921 Views March 22, 2022, 05:15:14 pm
17845 Views April 05, 2022, 09:48:58 am
18124 Views May 13, 2022, 08:32:37 am
18049 Views May 21, 2022, 08:46:24 am