Pg. OCLC WorldCat record Brown Plaza in Del Rio, Texas, by Kathy Alexander. 15: Today, there is nothing left of the post but a historical marker. She later would marry a man named Charles Rivers, but he also died in 1879. When he heard about the fertile land and water in Del Rio, he moved there in 1881. It also provided fire protection for the community. Doing the business of an organized city, officials were appointed and elected, taxes established, and criminal laws imposed. However, in 1883, the railroad built the first piped water system. the highest and lowest temperature readings during an entire month or year) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020. Though the city was moving into the future, its frontier mentality was not yet over. It, too, was short-lived. The Italians had come to Del Rio in the early 1880's. DPS courtesy photos to CIS. Eastside: Named by locals after the school on the corner of Bedell & 7th Street, the neighborhood is also home to Star Park. View Live Results. Today, the base is an important Air Training Command center. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan.