![]() It was again used as a home for flight training. As the Cold War pressures built, along with new border control issues, Laughlin Field was rebuilt and renamed Laughlin Air Force Base. In 1942, the Army Air Corps opened Laughlin Field 9 mi (14 km) east of Del Rio as a training base for the Martin B-26, but it was deactivated in 1945. Legendary deejay Wolfman Jack operated XERF in the 1960s, using a Del Rio address to sell various products advertised on the station. Many history items from Del Rio, particularly from the 19th century, are preserved at the Whitehead Memorial Museum downtown.ĭel Rio is known as the American address of legendary Mexican radio stations XERA and XERF just over the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Acuña their 500,000-watt signals could be heard at night as far away as Canada. Arteaga Street and Arteaga Park are named after them. The San Felipe community was started by the Arteaga family. The City of Del Rio was incorporated on November 15, 1911. In 1885, Val Verde County was organized and Del Rio became the county seat. The United States Postal Department shortened "San Felipe del Rio" to "Del Rio" to avoid confusion with San Felipe de Austin. In 1883, local residents requested a post office be established. Residents referred to the slowly developing town as San Felipe Del Rio because local lore said the name came from early Spanish explorers who offered a Mass at the site on St. The organization completed construction of a network of irrigation canals in 1871. Strickland, and James H Taylor) formed the San Felipe Agricultural, Manufacturing, and Irrigation Company in 1868. Grove, Donald Jackson, John Perry, Joseph Ney, Randolph Pafford, A. The developers sold tracts of land surrounding the canals to recover their investment and show a profit. Developers acquired several thousand acres of land adjacent to the springs, and to San Felipe Creek formed by the springs, from the State of Texas in exchange for building a canal system to irrigate the area. side of the border, produces 90 × 10 ^ 6 US gal (340,000 m 3) of water a day. The San Felipe Springs, about 8 mi (13 km) east of the Rio Grande on the U.S. ![]()
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