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Whitehead Memorial Museum (view source)
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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 at least 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. The Whitehead is the only full-time museum in Val Verde County.
==Overview==
==Overview==
''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=wmm/>
''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=wmm/>
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]]. Robert Weston Smith, known as Wolfman Jack (1938-1995), 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>
Other popular exhibits include:
Other popular exhibits include:
* A restored cabin shows furnished living and dining quarters of frontier settlers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20080605072922/http%3A//www.drchamber.com/play/attractions/whitehead.html|
* A restored cabin shows furnished living and dining quarters of frontier settlers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20080605072922/http%3A//www.drchamber.com/play/attractions/whitehead.html|
title=Whitehead Memorial Museum|publisher=Whitehead Museum|accessdate=April 8, 2020}}</ref><br>
title=Whitehead Memorial Museum|publisher=Whitehead Museum|accessdate=April 8, 2020}}</ref><br>
* 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]]. Robert Weston Smith, known as Wolfman Jack (1938-1995), 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>
* A Southern Pacific Railroad caboose is open at the museum.<ref name=wmm/> 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=wmm/>
* A Southern Pacific Railroad caboose is open at the museum.<ref name=wmm/> 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=wmm/>
==References==
==References==