ed

 

"ED" is all the neon left on this sign on the eastern end of Dickens; but there's not much left of Edith's Place either. If you require liquor or beer, Tip's is the better choice.

 

Dickens, Texas

6.13.2-15

 

take a tip from tip's

 

The tip from Tip's might be "buy your beer here."  Maybe you passed up Sue's Liquor 25 miles back in Crosbyton and not realize if might be another 90 miles to the beer store in Seymour.  Probably no need to comparison shop since Tip's doesn't have much competition in town.  Dickens voted "wet" in 1964 but Tip's has only been there since 1998.  Prior to the alcohol referendum Dickens was a "prohibition" county--which did not necessarily mean there were no drinkers.  Imbibers just had to know where to find the bootleggers.  Bootleggers have been around about as long as the settlers.  There is a story about Samuel G. Flook, bookkeeper at the Espuela Ranch in Dickens County in the late 1800s.   Flook was discharged "because of drunkenness." He then  moved to Dickens and opened a store, to-wit:

                                          Sam´l G. Flook, Dr.

                                          Hardware, Tinware, Glassware

                                          Saddlery, Etc.

 

Wonder if the "Etc." included booze from the back room?

 

Tip's Liquor

Highway 82

Dickens, Texas

4.23.2014

betty a la marilyn

 

1930s sex symbol Betty Boop does a 1960s sex symbol Marilyn Monroe pose on the side of a defunct gas station in Dickens.  Or did Betty do the cheesecake version first?  With the "dry line" this morning, there was definitely wind to blow one's skirts up.  (Blue jeans not so much!)

 

Dickens, Texas

texas road art

 

The Adams family homestead can be seen on the far horizon.  While clearing out the creek, they hauled out this wreck of an old Chevrolet pickup.  Some one had the idea to paint it up and make a park.  The decorated pickup and other objets d'art as well newly planted trees and shrubs are transforming the side of  US 82 into a roadside attraction.  Dickens can be known as something other than the feral hog capital of Texas.

 

Just west of Dickens, Texas

US Highway 82