Just to get Folklore back to Folklore, how did Big Foot Wallace get his Name?

Question

Big Foot Wallace was something of a Texas Folk hero. He was captured by the Mexican army and imprisoned in town below the border. All of the prisoners had had there shoes stolen or lost.

Nothing to do with the mythic "Big Foot."

Answer 1

There is a TON of stuff online about this. Go under any search engines and type in "big foot wallace" and you'll get a ton of stuff.


Here's what I found:
"Wallace first settled near LaGrange. In 1840, after Wallace had been in Texas for over two years, he decided to help in the layout and construction of the new capital at Austin. While there, it is said, he was once misidentified as an Indian, named Bigfoot, that had ransacked a neighboring settler's home. After finding that Wallace's foot was actually smaller than the 14-inch imprint of the Indian, he was found innocent of the misdeed. As a result of the episode, however, Wallace acquired the nickname of Bigfoot, and the name stuck."

Hope I've helped!