Bill Text: IA HR104 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A resolution honoring and commemorating the city of Buxton.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (N/A - Dead) 2018-02-22 - Resolution adopted. H.J. 356. [HR104 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HR104-Introduced.html

House Resolution 104 - Introduced

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                    HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
          BY  M. SMITH, HAGENOW, SHEETS, STECKMAN, SALMON,
           OURTH, McKEAN, KEARNS, BACON, P. MILLER, SIECK,
        ANDERSON, R. TAYLOR, KACENA, HAGER, HUNTER, MAXWELL,
         MASCHER, HEARTSILL, THEDE, GASSMAN, KURTH, MOMMSEN,
         MEYER, WATTS, WESSEL=KROESCHELL, LUNDGREN, LENSING,
        BAUDLER, WINCKLER, HOLT, COHOON, KAUFMANN, T. TAYLOR,
          ROGERS, BEARINGER, DEYOE, BRECKENRIDGE, WORTHAN,
           OLDSON, LANDON, WOLFE, VANDER LINDEN, R. SMITH,
         WHEELER, NIELSEN, CARLSON, KRESSIG, BERGAN, JACOBY,
       STAED, FORBES, McCONKEY, BROWN=POWERS, OLSON, HEDDENS,
            PRICHARD, RUNNING=MARQUARDT, ABDUL=SAMAD, and
                             FINKENAUER
  1  1 A Resolution honoring and commemorating the city of
  1  2    Buxton.
  1  3    WHEREAS, in 1873, a new city was founded in Iowa by
  1  4 Ben Buxton for the purpose of housing laborers to mine
  1  5 coal for the Consolidated Coal Company; and
  1  6    WHEREAS, the Consolidated Coal Company recruited
  1  7 African American laborers from Iowa, Virginia,
  1  8 Kentucky, and Tennessee; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, in addition, the city also hosted white
  1 10 laborers from Australia and across Europe; and
  1 11    WHEREAS, the businesses and organizations of the
  1 12 city of Buxton did not discriminate against any citizen
  1 13 on the basis of race; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, the people of the city of Buxton were
  1 15 served by a number of prominent African American
  1 16 professionals, including physician Dr. E.A. Carter and
  1 17 co=founders of the National Bar Association George H.
  2  1 Woodson and Samuel Joe Brown; and
  2  2    WHEREAS, the city of Buxton stood as a model of
  2  3 cooperation and respect among people of diverse
  2  4 heritages and backgrounds; and
  2  5    WHEREAS, the last Buxton coal mine closed in 1927,
  2  6 leading to the town's abandonment; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  7    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  8 That the House of Representatives hereby honors and
  2  9 commemorates the city of Buxton and encourages all
  2 10 Iowans to recall the spirit of unity and harmony
  2 11 embodied by the people of the city of Buxton.
  2 12    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
  2 13 resolution be sent to the Monroe County Historical
  2 14 Board.
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