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Since 1986

Our namesake, the ocotillo, is a lanky, spiny desert plant that leafs out only when moisture permits, and puts out red blossoms every spring. Look for an ocotillo bush near the front entrance to our store.

OCOTILLO ENTERPRISES
BOOK STORE * ROCK SHOP * BEAD SHOP

The BOOK STORE:
We sell NEW & USED BOOKS and MAGAZINES in a wide range of categories, including:
  • Beadwork and Jewelry Craft
  • Rocks, Minerals, Geology and Lapidary
  • Native American History and Literature
  • Hispanic/Latino History and Literature
  • Sustainable Home Building and Gardening
  • Natural History and Field Guides
  • Regional Authors and Subjects
If you are looking for a particular title, or subject, don't hesitate to contact us by phone or e-mail. We can tell you if we have it or can get it. Also, call or e-mail us for a list of regional books in stock (e-mail subject: "books").
The ROCK SHOP:
  • A large selection of mineral speciments for the serious collector, geology student, and for visitors who want a local souvenir rock. Most kids enjoy browsing our Rock Room, too!
  • Carving material ("soft" rocks such as talc and onyx, pipestone) for carvers and sculptors
  • Flintknapping material (chert, obsidian) for flint knappers (books and videos, and some tools, too)
  • Fossils, both local and otherwise
  • Rock Tumblers and tumbling grits
  • Tumbled stones, polished slabs, and stone spheres
The BEAD SHOP:
  • Seed Beads - Japanese 11º seed beads, Delicas, and others
  • Lots of other kinds of beads
  • Beading patterns and kits
  • Looms and mini loom kits
  • Thread, needles, findings, craft wire - the usual stuff to finish your projects
  • Great selection of stone cabachons for your jewelry projects
We carry wire-wrapped jewelry (14K gold-filled and sterling silver) and will custom wrap stones to your order. We offer beading and wire wrapping lessons, class or individual. Work space for the do-it-yourselfer: our materials, your imagination!
OCOTILLO ENTERPRISES is the publisher of:
  • THE MARFA LIGHTS book, still available.

    • THE MARFA LIGHTS: First published in 1988, revised in 1989. We reprint it every year, and you can buy it at many book stores and gift shops in the Big Bend area. We sell it for $5.95 in our store. To have it mailed to you, add $1. for shipping/handling. Texas residents pay our sales tax of $ .49. ($7.44 total for in-state orders; $6.95 total for out of state orders). Retailers, ask about whotesale. Write to: OCOTILLO ENTERPRISES, P.O. Box 195, Alpine TX 79831

    * NOTICE: as of September 2003, The DESERT CANDLE has been sold. 
    The last issue to be published by Ocotillo Enterprises under the 
     editorship of Judith Brueske-Plimmer is the Fall 2003 issue.  DESERT 
     CANDLE has been published since 1987. It will continue as a 
     periodical supplement to THE DESERT-MOUNTAIN TIMES, a new weekly 
     regional newspaper for West Texas.
           You may subscribe to the TIMES (including the CANDLE) or to just 
     the CANDLE. As for those whose CANDLE subscriptions have been paid 
     past the Fall 2003 issue, your money will be refunded to you by 
     OCOTILLO ENTERPRISES before the end of 2003. For more information 
     about subscribing to THE DESERT-MOUNTAIN TIMES and/or the DESERT 
     CANDLE, email info@dmtimes.net. or phone them at 432/837-1662.
           Thanks to all of you who have supported the DESERT CANDLE over 
     the years.  J.M. Brueske-Plimmer, rarely at a loss for words, will 
     continue writing for the  DESERT CANDLE and for THE DESERT-MOUNTAIN 
     TIMES.
     
     *  Meanwhile, OCOTILLO ENTERPRISES will be publishing with some 
     regularity a store newsletter.  The newsletter will concern 
     merchandise, classes, and the occasional store events at 205 North 
     5th Street in Alpine. A printed copy will be available at the store, 
     and anyone who would like to receive an email version should send an 
     email to that effect. Send it to ocotillo@overland.net (for the 
     subject, please put: newsletter). We'll start the newsletter probably 
     in November 2003.
     We also plan a website (this is just a page on the Alpine 
     chamber's website). It might be ready in November or December. We'll 
     announce it in the newsletter.

HOW TO REACH US:

Phone/fax: 432-837-5353

E-mail: ocotillo@overland.net

Or stop by our store at:
205 North 5th Street, Alpine Texas 79830
(Across from West Texas National Bank, and next door to the Reata
Restaurant)

For more information, please contact the Alpine Chamber of Commerce AlpineChamber@AlpineTexas.com 432-837-2326 or 1-800-561-3735