Bill Text: TX HR640 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Cochran, Blair & Potts department store in Belton on its 150th anniversary.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-04 - Reported enrolled [HR640 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR640-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 640 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Cochran, Blair & Potts Department Store in Belton is | ||
| celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2019; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Thought to be the oldest department store in Texas, | ||
| Cochran, Blair & Potts was established in Centerville in 1869 as | ||
| Cook Mercantile Company by Colonel Henry Mansfield Cook; five years | ||
| later, Colonel Cook brought his son-in-law, Thomas W. Cochran, into | ||
| the business; the store moved to Buffalo in 1876 for proximity to | ||
| the railroad; it stocked dry goods, hardware, drugs, and coffins, | ||
| and it encompassed a lumberyard; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The shop relocated to its present-day site in 1884, | ||
| and in 1917, it became Cochran, Blair & Potts, incorporating the | ||
| names of owners Jesse S. Blair and Arthur H. Potts, who married | ||
| into the Cochran family; in 1970, Roy and Jean Potts became the | ||
| owners, and in turn, they handed over the reins to their son, Rob | ||
| Potts Sr.; he was eventually joined by the family's seventh | ||
| generation, represented by Robert Potts Jr., his wife, Ashley | ||
| Potts, and Michael Potts; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1994, the store received an Official Texas | ||
| Historical Marker from the Texas Historical Commission; recent | ||
| years have seen a focus on selling clothing, boots, and other | ||
| footwear, and space was set aside in the upper floor of the building | ||
| for a museum of memorabilia; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Few family businesses can claim a heritage spanning | ||
| 150 years, and the remarkable longevity of Cochran, Blair & Potts | ||
| has engendered a special degree of esteem in the community; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize Cochran, Blair & Potts Department | ||
| Store on its sesquicentennial and extend sincere best wishes for | ||
| continued success to all those associated with this venerable | ||
| enterprise; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the company as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Shine | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 640 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 27, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
