Editing Big Lake, Texas (section)

==Big Lake in popular culture==
The city of Big Lake was featured in the 2002 movie ''[[The Rookie (2002 film)|The Rookie]]'', although the town portrayed in the movie was actually [[Thorndale, Texas]], which is east of Austin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265662/locations|title = The Rookie (2002) - IMDb|website = [[IMDb]]}}</ref>

In the movie, the town lacked a proper baseball field, while the high school football stadium was the main focus of athletic attention. ''The Rookie'' made Big Lake interested in hosting a minor league baseball team: the [[West Texas Big Fish]] of the [[Texas–Louisiana League]] in the 2000s. Today, another Big Fish team is a member of the collegiate level [[Central Texas Collegiate League]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}

Big Lake is featured in a semi-biographical 2019 novel, by Russ Brown, titled ''Miss Chisum''.<ref>Brown, Russ, [https://www.amazon.com/dp/1527241246 Miss Chisum], Amazon and Kindle.</ref> The narrative explores the life of cattle baron, [[John Chisum]], and his fabled relationship with a slave. Big Lake is depicted as a watering hole on Chisum's 19th century westward cattle drives. Revisited in 1970 by his granddaughter, whilst retracing his steps.