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Whitehead Memorial Museum (view source)
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==Judge Roy Bean==
==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>
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 name=wwm>{{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,'' pp. 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==
==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/>
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/>