Texas scout and soldier
The story of Bigfoot Wallace …
By Murray Montgomery
He was a big man – 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing in at 240 pounds. It is said that he got the nickname “BigFoot” because of his enormous feet, but regardless of his size, the Virginia native, William Alexander Anderson Wallace would go on to become an icon in the history of the Lone Star State.
According to the Handbook of Texas, Wallace came to Texas for personal…
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