ZZ Top played at my HS Prom in 1970. That's a no-shitter
Big Tex, there was a place near Central HS called Cherry Hill in Galveston. Mucha puta there. The wagon wheel I remember was in Sealy. You can still see ruins of it as you pass on I-10. Fuck Marvin Zindler.
Originally Posted by Yssup Rider
Cherry Hill was a different Galveston County house than I am referring to. The Wagon Wheel was located halfway between Alvin and Dickinson on FM 517 very close to the Galveston/Brazoria County line. I grew up in Galveston County and the WW was much more popular in our neck of the woods than The Chicken Ranch. There were very few residents of Galveston County (LE included) at the time who were not aware of the WW. For decades Galveston County LE looked the other way! I do not recall ever speaking with a Galveston County old timer that ever mentioned having heard of a LE bust at the WW. I believe the same was also true of the CR before Marvin Zindler.
No doubt Galveston County was wide open for decades. There were several well known Galveston County casinos that operated openly. One such casino was located in the upstairs portion of a very popular restaurant on the Kemah Waterfront. The restuaurant was named Johnny Walkers. In fact, even today the upstairs portion of the Landry's Restaurant on the Kemah Boardwalk is known as the Johnny Walker Room. That was the original Johnny Walkers restaurant and casino.
The last time I drove down 517, the original WW was still standing and appeared from the road to be in fairly good condition. A friend I went to high school with had an uncle that bought the property about ten years after it closed down. He said that mongers were still dropping by late at night looking for a little action. He said one of those Mongers looked just like you! LMAO
While I do recall hearing about the house in Sealy, I do not recall hearing it referred to by a specific name, other than The Sealy House. If it was actually named The Wagon Wheel that means there were two of them. Perhaps they had the same owner! As I recall, The Chicken Ranch was the first to shut down and then Sealy and the WW in Galveston County shut down 2-3 weeks after Marvin Zindler stuck his surgically altered nose where it did not belong! I agree FMZ!!!
Disclaimor: The above report is purely fictitious in nature and is obviously the product of an overly active imagination. Neither me or any of the friends I grew up with in Galveston County would have ever visited one of those places! No way, no how!