Bill Text: TX HR568 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizing February 25, 2015, as Aransas County Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-26 - Referred to Rules & Resolutions [HR568 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR568-Introduced.html
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By: Morrison | H.R. No. 568 |
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WHEREAS, Proud residents of Aransas County are gathering in | ||
Austin to celebrate Aransas County Day at the State Capitol on | ||
February 25, 2015; and | ||
WHEREAS, This region of thousand-year-old oaks, coastal | ||
prairie, and sandy beaches was first inhabited by native peoples | ||
8,000 years ago; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1828, the Mexican government awarded an | ||
empresario grant to bring in settlers from Ireland and Mexico, and | ||
not long after the Civil War, the towns of Fulton and Rockport were | ||
founded as ports for the cattle business; Aransas County was formed | ||
in 1871 and named after a Spanish palace; and | ||
WHEREAS, Aransas County is the gateway to the 116,000-acre | ||
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, where the amazing whooping cranes | ||
spend the winter, and Goose Island State Park, which has over | ||
200,000 visitors annually; and | ||
WHEREAS, Rockport and Fulton Harbors are the home ports of | ||
many popular boating excursions for birders, dolphin watchers, and | ||
devotees of deep-sea and bay fishing, while the beautifully lit | ||
Fulton Harbor Pier and 8,690-foot-long Copano Bay Pier offer | ||
first-rate opportunities for angling; and | ||
WHEREAS, The county's history is evoked by the 19th century | ||
Fulton Mansion and the 1870s Victorian-style Aransas County History | ||
Center, while the official Texas Maritime Museum in Rockport | ||
celebrates the marine heritage of the Lone Star State; the Rockport | ||
Center for the Arts is a hub for the region's thriving cultural | ||
scene, which includes such festive annual events as the Bountiful | ||
Bowl Pottery Fair, the Fulton Oysterfest, the Rockport Film | ||
Festival, the HummerBird Celebration, LaMardi Gras, and the annual | ||
Rockport Festival of Wines; and | ||
WHEREAS, Blessed with more magnificent bays than land, more | ||
redfish and trout than cars, and a chamber of commerce with a | ||
five-star rating, Aransas County is one of the treasures of the Lone | ||
Star State, and its citizens may indeed take great pride in their | ||
heritage and look forward to a future filled with opportunity and | ||
good times; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize February 25, 2015, as Aransas County | ||
Day at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation | ||
sincere best wishes for a memorable and meaningful visit to Austin. |