Langtry or Eagle Nest - Texas Ghost Town

LANGTRY or EAGLE NEST

NAME: Langtry or Eagle Nest
COUNTY: Val Verde
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 2
CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Winter, spring, fall

COMMENTS: Right on the border.
REMAINS: The Judge Roy Bean visitor center and a few other assorted Judge Roy Bean buildings.

Judge Roy Bean, referred to as "the Law West of the Pecos" and the English singer and entertainer Lily Langtry, are the only two reasons to remember the town of Langtry. The town started as a grading camp during the building of the Southern Pacific railroad in 1882 to connect New Orleans and San Antonio with Los Angeles and San Francisco. Why the town was named Langtry is a bit uncertain. Legend has it that Judge Roy Bean became so enamored with pictures of the English singer that it was he who gave the town its name of Langtry, The Judge is remembered in history for not having an established pattern for rendering judgements but his judgements were always sound. Langtry became a ranching community and had a population of several hundred around the turn of the century. Today it has only a few occupied homes but it does have the Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center that preserves the second of two buildings that housed Roy Bean's saloon, billiard parlor, and courtroom. The town is on Loop 25 off of U.S. Highway 90 about 40 miles east of Dryden. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth	Langtry Courtesy S. Martin Shelton

Judge Roy Bean, referred to as "the Law West of the Pecos" and the English singer
and entertainer Lily Langtry, are the only two reasons to remember the town of Langtry. The town started as a grading camp during the building of the Southern Pacific railroad in 1882 to connect New Orleans and San Antonio with Los Angeles and San Francisco. Why the town was named Langtry is a bit uncertain. Legend has it that Judge Roy Bean became so enamored with pictures of the English singer that it was he who gave the town its name of Langtry, The Judge is remembered in history for not having an established pattern for rendering judgements but his judgements were always sound. Langtry became a ranching community and had a population of several hundred around the turn of the century. Today it has only a few occupied homes but it does have the Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center that preserves the second of two buildings that housed Roy Bean's saloon, billiard parlor, and courtroom. The town is on Loop 25 off of U.S. Highway 90 about 40 miles east of Dryden. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth

Langtry
Courtesy S. Martin Shelton

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