Bill Text: TX HCR12 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Designating the city of Florence, home of the Gault Archaeological Site, as the oldest community in Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-12 - Filed [HCR12 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HCR12-Introduced.html
| 87S10144 TBO-D | ||
| By: Wilson | H.C.R. No. 12 | |
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| WHEREAS, The community of Florence in Williamson County is | ||
| home to the Gault Archaeological Site, one of the oldest known | ||
| places of human habitation in North America; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The earliest presence of humans at the Gault site | ||
| has been dated to between 16,000 and 20,000 years ago, and artifacts | ||
| recovered there show a near-continuous occupation of the area by 23 | ||
| ancient cultures over the centuries; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Located in a valley along Buttermilk Creek, the site | ||
| proved an ideal place for settlement since it offered ancient | ||
| peoples an extraordinary combination of water, plentiful food, and | ||
| large amounts of Edwards chert, a type of stone used to fashion | ||
| tools; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Archaeological research being conducted at the | ||
| Gault site is enabling anthropologists to gain a better | ||
| understanding of the early inhabitants of North America and to | ||
| develop new theories about when and how the continent was first | ||
| populated by humans; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In addition to being one of the oldest | ||
| archaeological sites in North America, the Gault site is all the | ||
| more unique for being located near a contemporary community, the | ||
| city of Florence; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Gault Archaeological Site is helping to rewrite | ||
| the history of the first peoples of the Americas, and the modern | ||
| citizens of Florence may indeed take great pride in their deep | ||
| connection to the earliest residents of the Lone Star State; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas, | ||
| 1st Called Session, hereby designate the city of Florence as the | ||
| oldest community in Texas; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||
| 391.003(e), Government Code, this designation remain in effect | ||
| until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally | ||
| passed by the legislature. | ||
