by Ramiro Guzman | Jul 19, 2025
Woolworth Building Woolworth Building 700 South Main Street, Del Rio, Texas 78840 Doug BraudawaySouthwest Texas Junior College207 Wildcat, Del Rio, Texas 78840 The Woolworth Building is one of the oldest structures on Del Rio’s commercial Main Street but also one of...
by Ramiro Guzman | Jul 19, 2025
William H. Dodd William H. DoddFrontier Rancher, Businessman & Justice of the PeaceDoug BraudawaySouthwest Texas Junior College207 Wildcat, Del Rio, Texas 78840Langtry is a small town on the edge of a cliff overlooking the Rio Grande in western Val Verde Country....
by Ramiro Guzman | Jul 19, 2025
Vinegarroon Vinegarroon, TexasSubject Marker Application Text By Douglas Lee Braudaway Val Verde County Historical Commission In the year 1881 a great thing came to Val Verde County. The Southern Pacific Railroad Company had committed to build America’s second...
by Ramiro Guzman | Jul 19, 2025
Val Verde County Val Verde CountyDoug Braudaway105 Kim, Del Rio, Texas 78840(830) 734-2124; dbraudaway@stx.rr.comVal Verde County has a Texas Historical Commission marker that notes the creation of the county with the year—but not much else. The plaque (for it is not...
by Ramiro Guzman | Jul 19, 2025
The U.S. Army Camel Corps The U.S. Army Camel Corps Doug Braudaway Southwest Texas Junior College The story of the United States Army Camel Corps is not new, nor has it been forgotten. Both the academic community and the general public are aware of the late 1850s...
