132nd Briscoe Celebration set for this weekend in Silverton

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  • 132nd Briscoe Celebration set for this weekend in Silverton
    132nd Briscoe Celebration set for this weekend in Silverton
  • WANDA STRANGE and the late Fred Strange, 1990s
    WANDA STRANGE and the late Fred Strange, 1990s
  • FRIENDSHIP QUILTER Wanda Strange will be honored as Briscoe County’s Pioneer of the Year this weekend. Her husband, longtime Silverton city secretary and later postmaster Fred Strange, passed away in 2016. Wanda says many of her family members plan to return to Silverton for the festivities. MORE PHOTOS, SECTION B | CAPROCK COURIER
    FRIENDSHIP QUILTER Wanda Strange will be honored as Briscoe County’s Pioneer of the Year this weekend. Her husband, longtime Silverton city secretary and later postmaster Fred Strange, passed away in 2016. Wanda says many of her family members plan to return to Silverton for the festivities. MORE PHOTOS, SECTION B | CAPROCK COURIER

    Ready to roll back the carpets (figuratively speaking) and roll out the dance floor? It’s time to cut a rug—and cut out some cattle—in Silverton, Texas.

    The annual countywide celebration was first held in 1892.

    Now, our Pioneer of the Year hasn’t been around for that long. But she and her late husband have made many, many contributions to community life over the decades. Wanda Strange will be honore…