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Estes family fuels Caprock Country as Silverton Oil celebrates 50 years

SILVERTON OIL-IVERSARY Jim Estes and his family have operated Silverton Oil, one of the last full-service stations in the Texas Panhandle, for fifty years. | BARBARA BRANNON, CAPROCK COURIER
SILVERTON OIL-IVERSARY Jim Estes and his family have operated Silverton Oil, one of the last full-service stations in the Texas Panhandle, for fifty years. | BARBARA BRANNON, CAPROCK COURIER

For four generations, Silverton Oil has kept the Estes family busy and remained a fixture in the Briscoe county seat and surrounding areas. Since the service station was purchased from Alvin Redin in 1972, this local business has also expanded to serve rural Texans in Quitaque, Turkey, Flomot, Childress, CeeVee, Vigo Park and McLean.

Current owner Jim Estes has run the cash register, changed oil, f…