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12 unusual facts about Del Rio


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Alberto Del Rio (born 1977; real name Alberto Rodríguez), Mexican professional wrestler who also performed under the name Dos Caras, Jr.

Del Rio, Tennessee

According to family lore, Stokely was impressed into the British navy, but escaped and fought under American captain John Paul Jones.

Grace Moore, Del Rio's most famous resident, was born in Nough in 1898.

Nough is the birthplace of opera singer and actress Grace Moore.

Devil's River minnow

When the Devils River Minnows were first classified as threatened in 1999, a group of organizations including the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the City of Del Rio, Texas, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are involved in a Conservation Agreement to assist the minnows’ recovery to the point that it is no longer a threatened species.

Kot-in-Action Creative Artel

Kot-in-Action Creative Artel is an independent video game company headquarterd in Del Rio, Texas and founded in 2008 by Alexander Zubov.

KYVV-TV

KYVV-TV is a Spanish-language television station in Del Rio, Texas, broadcasting locally on digital channel 28 as an affiliate of MundoFox.

Newport, Tennessee

US-70 continues east to Del Rio, Tennessee and Hot Springs, North Carolina, while US-321 turns north and crosses the Pigeon and French Broad en route to Greeneville and northeastern Tennessee.

Roger Hodge

Roger D. Hodge (born 1967 in Del Rio, Texas, U.S.) was the editor of Harper's Magazine from March 2006 through January 2010.

Tara Cunningham

Tara Nott Cunningham (born Tara Nott, May 10, 1972 in Del Rio, Texas) grew up in Stilwell, Kansas.

Tommy Lynn Sells

On December 31, 1999, in the Guajia Bay subdivision, west of Del Rio, Texas, Sells fatally stabbed 13-year-old Kaylene 'Katy' Harris 16 times and slit the throat of 10-year-old Krystal Surles.

Tyrell McCrea

Tyrell McCrea, raised in Del Rio, Texas, spent his early childhood playing football and baseball.


Gaspar Castaño de Sosa

Castaño traveled north from Almaden, crossing the Rio Grande near present-day Del Rio, Texas, and reached the Pecos River near what is now Sheffield, Texas.