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The '''Whitehead Memorial Museum''' is a [[western]] [[museum]] complex in downtown 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.​

The '''Whitehead Memorial Museum''' is a [[western]] [[museum]] complex in downtown Del Rio, [[Texas]]. Located on two and a half landscaped acres, the museum consists of at least nine buildings. Its thirteen exhibits with period artifacts, many from the 19th century, express the [[history]] of Val Verde County.​

==Overview==

==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=wmm/>

In 1962, the Whiteheads, a Del Rio ranching family, purchased the former Perry Mercantile building and donated it to the city and county for the establishment of a museum. The San Felipe [[irrigation]] canal flows through the back of the property occupied by the museum.<ref name=wmm/>

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>​

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==

==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 name=wmm>{{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>  

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=wmm>{{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; material no longer on-line}}</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 (1903-1979) 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>​

Bean is the subject of the [[Judge Roy Bean (TV series)|Judge Roy Bean]], a syndicated [[television]] series with Edgar Buchanan (1903-1979) 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>​