Pierce and his brother, Jonathan E. Pierce, organized a partnership and established the Rancho Grande on the Tres Palacios River in Matagorda and Wharton Counties in 1871. Later attempted to establish the town of Pierce, in Wharton County, was named for him, but the officials of the town of Wharton made a midnight deal with the railroad, keeping the railroad on the Wharton side of the Colorado River and not on the Pierce side, effectively killing the town of Pierce before it ever really began. Charles Siringo began his career with Pierce. Pierce was the self proclaimed "Webster on cattle, by God".
Pierce and his brother, Jonathan E. Pierce, organized a partnership and established the Rancho Grande on the Tres Palacios River in Matagorda and Wharton Counties in 1871. Later attempted to establish the town of Pierce, in Wharton County, was named for him, but the officials of the town of Wharton made a midnight deal with the railroad, keeping the railroad on the Wharton side of the Colorado River and not on the Pierce side, effectively killing the town of Pierce before it ever really began. Charles Siringo began his career with Pierce. Pierce was the self proclaimed "Webster on cattle, by God".
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