Bill Text: MO HCR6 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Secretary of the Interior to add Grant's Farm in St. Louis County as a unit of the National Park Service by joining with the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-24 - Executive Session - No Action Taken [HCR6 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2011-HCR6-Introduced.html
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
House Concurrent Resolution No. 6
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ALLEN.
WHEREAS, Grant's Farm is an extraordinary treasure for the entire state and is one of the premiere attractions for visitors coming to St. Louis from across the country and the world; and
WHEREAS, Grant's Farm takes its name from our 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant. In the 1850s, Grant founded and farmed a portion of the 281 acres comprising Grant's Farm; and
WHEREAS, Grant's Farm averages over 550,000 visitors per year over the last six years and is a vital economic engine in St. Louis County; and
WHEREAS, Grant's Farm, operated by Anheuser-Busch, Inc., has been a St. Louis tradition for more than five decades, employing more than 200 people and has welcomed more than 24 million visitors during its history; and
WHEREAS, Grant's Farm is home to more than 900 animals representing more than 100 different species, including a zoo with more than 400 animals; and
WHEREAS, in the U.S. Family Guide Zagat Survey of more than 11,000 avid travelers, Grant's Farm ranked overall as the 7th best family attraction nationwide; and
WHEREAS, some of Grant's Farm's attractions include:
(1) Deer Park, home to a variety of exotic animal species from six of the seven continents of the world and a variety of fish in the several beautiful lakes throughout Deer Park;
(2) Tier Garten, which provides visitors with an up close look at an amazing variety of animals and which includes an amphitheater featuring educational and entertaining animal shows;
(3) Grant's Cabin, built on 80 acres received by Ulysses S. Grant and his new bride in 1848 as a wedding gift. In 1855, Grant did much of the log sawing and construction himself, completed the four-room, two-story cabin in just three days with the help of friends;
(4) The Bauernhof, the first building constructed on the Busch family estate which today is the home of the Busch family's world-renowned carriage collection and stables. Bauernhof is German for "farmstead";
(5) The Clydesdale Stables, home to one of the world's largest herd of Clydesdale horses with approximately 25 Clydesdale mares, geldings, stallions and foals. Only the finest Clydesdales from this stable become part of the Budweiser teams; and
WHEREAS, more than twenty local organizations and political subdivisions in the St. Louis County region have passed resolutions in support of incorporating Grant's Farm as a unit of the National Park Service; and
WHEREAS, to preserve this extraordinary treasure, Grant's Farm should be added as a unit of the National Park Service by joining with the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-sixth General Assembly, First Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby strongly support the incorporation of, and urge the United States Department of the Interior to incorporate, Grant's Farm as a unit of the National Park Service by joining with the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for the Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, and each member of the Missouri Congressional delegation.
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