Langtry is an unincorporated community in Val Verde County, Texas,
United States. The community is notable as the place where Judge Roy
Bean, the "Law West of the Pecos", had his saloon and practiced
law.Langtry was originally established in 1882 by the Southern Pacific
Railroad as a grading camp called "Eagle Nest." It was later renamed
for George Langtry, an engineer and foreman who supervised the
immigrant Chinese work crews building the railroad in the area.Roy
Bean arrived soon after completion of the railroad and set up a tent
saloon on company land. He later built a wooden structure for his
saloon, which he called "The Jersey Lilly" after the well-known
British stage actress Lillie Langtry. She was a native of the island
of Jersey. (Née Le Breton, Langtry was her married name and she was
not related to George Langtry.) Bean used the saloon as his
headquarters when authorized as a justice of the peace and notary
public. He called himself the "Law West of the Pecos." After a notable
career as justice of the peace, Bean died in 1903.In 1884 the town was
authorized a post office. In 1892 it had a general store, a railroad
depot, and two saloons. Langtry began to decline after the highway was
moved slightly north in the early 1900s for a more direct east-west
route. Once bypassed, the town's businesses lost revenue and jobs.
When in the 1920s Southern Pacific moved its facilities away, more
jobs were lost and the town population dwindled to 50. Langtry, Texas Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter