How far would you go to settle a score? Well, for a guy like the legendary Bigfoot Wallace,

the answer was simple, as far as it took, and maybe even a few steps beyond. You see, Wallace

was initially drawn to Texas in order to avenge his brother's death. And then over the course

of his career as a Texas ranger, he'd square off against everyone from Mother Nature to Comanche

warriors, and even Mexican soldiers. A lot of Mexican soldiers. Wallace served hard time in prison.

He narrowly escaped death on multiple occasions, and at one point he was even forced to draw

his own life from a jar, white beans for the living and black for the condemned. And through it all,

he survived. By the time it was all said and done, Bigfoot Wallace would go down as one of the

most iconic figures in all of Texas history. A man celebrated for his courage, feared for his

brutality, and immortalized in the haze of tall tales.

But just how true were the stories?

Is Bigfoot Wallace really the hero that Texans make him out to be,

or is something much darker lurking beneath the surface?

How exactly did he earn the nickname Bigfoot?

And is it true that he once ate 27 eggs in one sitting?

Stick around and find out, including my own personal

opinion about mixing politics with history. My name's Josh, and this is the Wild West

extravaganza. William Alexander Anderson Wallace was born in Lexington, Virginia on April 3, 1817.

And aside from having a mouthful of a name, there's really not a lot known about Wallace's early life.

Shocker, right?

As far as I can tell, he had a fairly normal childhood, just growing up there in Virginia

and working on his daddy's orchard. This would change drastically in the spring of 1836. That's when

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