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Downtown Area Walking Tour

​Main Street
  1.  Old Del Rio Railroad Depot
  2.  Club Café Building
  3.  Henson Hotel Building
  4.  Laughlin Heritage Foundation Museum
  5.  Old Federal Building
  6.  City Hall
11.  Del Rio National Bank Building
12.  Warner Building
18.  Woolworth Building
19.  Old Del Rio National Bank Building
20.  The Guarantee
21.  Kress Building
22.  Paul Poag Theater
23.  Old Montgomery Ward Building
28.  Model Bakery and Seeger’s Bakery
29.  Ross Building with The Emporium
Garfield Avenue
  7.  Hyman Building
  8.  Old City Hall
  9.  Old Roswell Hotel
10.  Greenwood Park
17.  Glenn-Dowe House
Pecan Street
13A-B.  Val Verde County Courthouse & Old County Jail
14A-C.  Around Courthouse Square
Spring Street
15.  First United Methodist Church
16.  Val Verde County Library
Griner Street
24.  Madre Canal
25.  Stool Home
26.  Price-Woods Home
27.  Roach-McLymont Store
Canal Street
30.  Cadena Blacksmith Shop

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​History of Del Rio and Val Verde County
Sites To See Around Del Rio

​San Felipe Springs and Creek
Brown Plaza
La Loma de la Cruz
Ciudad Acuña
Whitehead Memorial Museum
South Del Rio

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Places to Go Around Val Verde County​

Laughlin Air Force Base
Amistad Dam and Reservoir
Comstock
Val Verde County is home to world-renown archeological sites.
Pecos River
Langtry
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​Radio Del Rio
​Radio XER/XERA:
The World’s Most Powerful Broadcast Station

Dr. John R. Brinkley:
the Goat-Gland Man

The Carter Family:
The First Family of Country Music

Rose Dawn and Koran:
The Star Girl and The Acme of Psychic Genius

Radio XERF:
Paul Kallinger and Wolfman Jack
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Text by Doug Braudaway.

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Langtry, Texas
​The Southern Pacific Railroad:
The True Transcontinental Railroad

The Torres Family:
Founders of Langtry

The Dodd Family:
Pioneer Merchants

Judge Roy Bean:
The Law West of the Pecos
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The 1896 World Championship Prizefight

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Italian Stonemasons of Del Rio Texas
​G.B. Cassinelli and John Taini

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​Military & Veteran History Sites of Del Rio and Val Verde County Texas
Frontier Era
Seminole Scouts
World War I
World War II
Cold War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Afghanistan War
Iraq War

Visitor Guides made possible by the
Val Verde County Historical Commission.