Editing Val Verde County, Texas (section)

=== Post–Civil War ===
During 1868, the San Felipe Del Rio community is established on San Felipe Creek, next to Camp San Felipe.<ref name="Val Verde County"/>

From 1869 through 1882, [[Black Seminoles|Seminole Negro Indian Scouts]] (mixed heritage Seminoles with African blood) under John Lapham Bullis, namesake of [[Camp Bullis]], defend the Texas border against Indian attacks.<ref>{{cite book|last=Glasrud|first=Bruce A|title=Buffalo Soldiers in the West: A Black Soldiers Anthology|year=2007|publisher=TAMU Press|isbn=978-1-58544-620-9|pages=143–152|author2=Searles, Michael N |chapter=The Black Seminole Indian Scouts in the Big Bend}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Eckhardt|first=C F|title=THE WHIRLWIND Lt. John Lapham Bullis and the Seminole Negro Scouts |url=http://www.texasescapes.com/CFEckhardt/Whirlwind-Lt-John-Lapham-Bullis-and-the-Seminole-Negro-Scouts.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=November 29, 2010}}</ref>

In 1883, the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway was completed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway|url=http://www.txtransportationmuseum.org/Sunset.htm|publisher=Texas Transportation Museum|access-date=November 29, 2010}}</ref> Italian immigrant Frank Qualia established Val Verde winery.<ref>{{cite book|last=Braudaway|first=Douglas Lee|title=Val Verde County (Images of America: Texas) |year=1999|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-0128-4|author2=Valverde County Historical Commission |page=93}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Overfelt|first=Robert C|title=Val Verde Winery|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/div01|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=November 29, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Val Verde Winery|url=http://www.valverdewinery.com/|publisher=Val Verde Winery|access-date=November 29, 2010}}</ref>

In 1884, the [[Langtry, Texas|Langtry]] community was established, named after George Langtry (an engineer and foreman). It has mistakenly been attributed to being named after British entertainer [[Lillie Langtry]] by [[Judge Roy Bean]].<ref name="Val Verde County"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Langtry, Texas|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Texas_ghost_towns/Langtry_Texas/Langtry_Texas.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=November 29, 2010}}</ref>

In 1885, Val Verde County was organized from [[Crockett County, Texas|Crockett]], [[Kinney County, Texas|Kinney]], and [[Pecos County, Texas|Pecos]] counties. [[Roy Bean]] was elected justice of the peace in Langtry, operating out of the Jersey Lily Saloon and becoming renowned as "the Law West of the Pecos".<ref name="Val Verde County"/>

In 1886, the Juno and Devils River communities were established.<ref name="Val Verde County"/>

In 1888, the Comstock community was established.<ref name="Val Verde County"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Comstock, Texas|url=http://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Comstock_Texas/Comstock.htm|work=Texas Escapes|publisher=Texas Escapes - Blueprints For Travel, LLC|access-date=November 29, 2010}}</ref>

In 1889, the community of Norris was established.<ref name="Val Verde County"/>