12 Facts About Pecos Bill

Pecos Bill is a fictional cowboy and folk hero in stories set during American westward expansion into the Southwest of Texas, New Mexico, Southern California, and Arizona.

Pecos Bill was a late addition to the "big man" idea of characters, such as Paul Bunyan or John Henry.

Pecos Bill made the leap to film in the 1948 Walt Disney animated feature Melody Time.

Apparently, there was a drought in Texas that was so horrible, that Pecos Bill rushed to California and lassoed up a storm cloud and brought it to Texas.

Pecos Bill apparently started shooting at a tribe of Indigenous Americans, and as they ran away, the ritual paint they had on them came off and painted the desert.

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Pecos Bill's family decided to move out because his town was becoming "too crowded".

Pecos Bill was traveling in a covered wagon as an infant when he fell out unnoticed by the rest of his family near the Pecos River.

Pecos Bill used a rattlesnake named Shake as a lasso and another snake as a little whip.

Pecos Bill had a lover named Slue-Foot Sue, who rode a giant catfish down the Rio Grande.

Pecos Bill insists on riding Widow-Maker before, during or after the wedding.

The town folks assumed both Pecos Bill and Sue were bounced away to another place or both ended up on the Moon where they stayed and were never seen again.

Pecos Bill knocked out the gold fillings of a gang of rustlers when they tried to steal his cow.