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The '''Whitehead Memorial Museum''' is a [[western]] [[museum]] complex in downtown [[Del Rio, Texas|Del Rio]], [[Texas]]. Located on two and a half landscaped acres, the museum consists of nine buildings. Its thirteen exhibits with period artifacts, many from the 19th century, express the [[history]] of Val Verde County.
==Overview==
In 1962 the Whiteheads, a Del Rio ranching family, purchased the former Perry Mercantile building and donated it to the city and county for a museum. The San Felipe [[irrigation]] canal flows through the back of the property occupied by the museum.<ref name=wm>{{cite web|url=http://www.whiteheadmuseum.org/default.htm|title=Whitehead Memorial Museum: A Small frontier town in the middle of Del Rio, Texas|publisher=whiteheadmuseum.org|accessdate=July 15, 2009}}</ref>
Located at 1308 South Main Street, the museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Sundays from 1-5 p.m.<ref>Texas Department of Transportation, “2008 State Travel Guide,'' pp. 16-17.</ref>
==Judge Roy Bean]]
Encompassed within the museum grounds are a replica of "The Jersey Lilly" saloon, as well as the graves of the frontier Justice of the Peace Phantly Roy Bean, Jr. (c. 1825-1903) and his son Sam Bean (1874-1907).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whiteheadmuseum.org/Exhibits/jersey_lil.htm|title=Whitehead Memorial Museum: A small frontier town in the middle of Del Rio, Texas|publisher=Whiteheadmuseum.org|accessdate=July 7, 2009}}</ref> (The original Bean saloon is at the Texas Tourist Bureau site in [[rural]] Langtry west of Del Rio, but numerous replicas are found throughout the [[United States]].)<ref>Texas Department of Transportation, ''2008 State Travel Guide'', p.p. 22-23</ref> Bean is the subject of the [[Judge Roy Bean (TV series)|Judge Roy Bean]], a syndicated [[television]] series with Edgar Buchanan that aired from 1955 to 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048879/|title=Judge Roy Bean (TV series)|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=April 9, 2020}}</ref> Pictures of the grave markers of Roy and Sam Bean can be accessed through FindAGrave.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1339|title=Judge Roy Bean|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 9, 2020}}</ref>
==Exhibits==
Among the exhibits is the Hal Patton Office (1905), dedicated to Seminole [[United States Army]] scouts stationed in Del Rio. The War Room contains exhibits about the [[Confederate States of America]], [[World War I]], [[World War II]], and Del Rio's Laughlin Air Force Base.<ref name=wm/>
''La Zappa'' Chapel is encouraged for [[prayer]] and meditation and is used for special occasions. It also contains the museum gift shop. "Cadena Nativity" is a permanent [[Christmas]] cultural and folk-art exhibit in a separate building.<ref name=wm/>
Other popular exhibits include:
* The office of Dr. Simon Rodriguez, who in 1925 became the first [[Hispanic]] [[physician]] in Del Rio. Among other achievements, he delivered some 3,000 babies during his medical career.
* The Perry House (1870) contained the largest mercantile store between [[San Antonio]] and [[El Paso]], on the first floor. Family living quarters were above.
*The building called "The Barn" has a comprehensive exhibit of American Indians.<ref name=wm/>
* A restored cabin shows furnished living and dining quarters of frontier settlers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drchamber.com/play/attractions/whitehead.html|title=Whitehead Memorial Museum|publisher=drchamber.com|accessdate=July 7, 2009|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080605072922/http%3A//www.drchamber.com/play/attractions/whitehead.html |archivedate = June 5, 2008|deadurl=yes}}</ref>
A "Border Radio" exhibit relates to Del Rio's history of broadcasting and includethe [[Mexico|Mexican]] stations XERA and XERF broadcast from Ciudad Acuña. With 500,000-watt signals, the stations could be heard at night as far away as [[Canada]]. [[Wolfman Jack]], legendary [[deejay]], broadcast from XERF in the 1960s with a Del Rio address to sell goods.<ref>Wolfman Jack, ''Have Mercy'', Warner Books, 1995.</ref>
The museum has a Southern Pacific Railroad caboose through which visitors may stroll.<ref name=wm/> Another exhibit includes the figure of the notable [[Great Britain|English]] [[actress]] Lillie Langtry (1853-1929) standing on the deck of a train. While visiting the United States, she came to Langtry, Texas, after Judge Bean’s death.<ref name=wm/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.whiteheadmuseum.org/ Whitehead Memorial Museum] - official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitehead Memorial Museum}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Museums]]
[[Category:History]]
==Overview==
In 1962 the Whiteheads, a Del Rio ranching family, purchased the former Perry Mercantile building and donated it to the city and county for a museum. The San Felipe [[irrigation]] canal flows through the back of the property occupied by the museum.<ref name=wm>{{cite web|url=http://www.whiteheadmuseum.org/default.htm|title=Whitehead Memorial Museum: A Small frontier town in the middle of Del Rio, Texas|publisher=whiteheadmuseum.org|accessdate=July 15, 2009}}</ref>
Located at 1308 South Main Street, the museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Sundays from 1-5 p.m.<ref>Texas Department of Transportation, “2008 State Travel Guide,'' pp. 16-17.</ref>
==Judge Roy Bean]]
Encompassed within the museum grounds are a replica of "The Jersey Lilly" saloon, as well as the graves of the frontier Justice of the Peace Phantly Roy Bean, Jr. (c. 1825-1903) and his son Sam Bean (1874-1907).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whiteheadmuseum.org/Exhibits/jersey_lil.htm|title=Whitehead Memorial Museum: A small frontier town in the middle of Del Rio, Texas|publisher=Whiteheadmuseum.org|accessdate=July 7, 2009}}</ref> (The original Bean saloon is at the Texas Tourist Bureau site in [[rural]] Langtry west of Del Rio, but numerous replicas are found throughout the [[United States]].)<ref>Texas Department of Transportation, ''2008 State Travel Guide'', p.p. 22-23</ref> Bean is the subject of the [[Judge Roy Bean (TV series)|Judge Roy Bean]], a syndicated [[television]] series with Edgar Buchanan that aired from 1955 to 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048879/|title=Judge Roy Bean (TV series)|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=April 9, 2020}}</ref> Pictures of the grave markers of Roy and Sam Bean can be accessed through FindAGrave.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1339|title=Judge Roy Bean|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 9, 2020}}</ref>
==Exhibits==
Among the exhibits is the Hal Patton Office (1905), dedicated to Seminole [[United States Army]] scouts stationed in Del Rio. The War Room contains exhibits about the [[Confederate States of America]], [[World War I]], [[World War II]], and Del Rio's Laughlin Air Force Base.<ref name=wm/>
''La Zappa'' Chapel is encouraged for [[prayer]] and meditation and is used for special occasions. It also contains the museum gift shop. "Cadena Nativity" is a permanent [[Christmas]] cultural and folk-art exhibit in a separate building.<ref name=wm/>
Other popular exhibits include:
* The office of Dr. Simon Rodriguez, who in 1925 became the first [[Hispanic]] [[physician]] in Del Rio. Among other achievements, he delivered some 3,000 babies during his medical career.
* The Perry House (1870) contained the largest mercantile store between [[San Antonio]] and [[El Paso]], on the first floor. Family living quarters were above.
*The building called "The Barn" has a comprehensive exhibit of American Indians.<ref name=wm/>
* A restored cabin shows furnished living and dining quarters of frontier settlers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drchamber.com/play/attractions/whitehead.html|title=Whitehead Memorial Museum|publisher=drchamber.com|accessdate=July 7, 2009|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080605072922/http%3A//www.drchamber.com/play/attractions/whitehead.html |archivedate = June 5, 2008|deadurl=yes}}</ref>
A "Border Radio" exhibit relates to Del Rio's history of broadcasting and includethe [[Mexico|Mexican]] stations XERA and XERF broadcast from Ciudad Acuña. With 500,000-watt signals, the stations could be heard at night as far away as [[Canada]]. [[Wolfman Jack]], legendary [[deejay]], broadcast from XERF in the 1960s with a Del Rio address to sell goods.<ref>Wolfman Jack, ''Have Mercy'', Warner Books, 1995.</ref>
The museum has a Southern Pacific Railroad caboose through which visitors may stroll.<ref name=wm/> Another exhibit includes the figure of the notable [[Great Britain|English]] [[actress]] Lillie Langtry (1853-1929) standing on the deck of a train. While visiting the United States, she came to Langtry, Texas, after Judge Bean’s death.<ref name=wm/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.whiteheadmuseum.org/ Whitehead Memorial Museum] - official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitehead Memorial Museum}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Museums]]
[[Category:History]]