Bill Text: TX HR743 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing March 10, 2011, as Delta County Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-17 - Reported enrolled [HR743 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR743-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing March 10, 2011, as Delta County Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-17 - Reported enrolled [HR743 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR743-Introduced.html
82R12224 JNC-D | ||
By: Cain | H.R. No. 743 |
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WHEREAS, Proud residents of Delta County are gathering in | ||
Austin on March 10, 2011, to celebrate Delta County Day at the State | ||
Capitol; and | ||
WHEREAS, Situated between the north and south forks of the | ||
Sulphur River, Delta County was first inhabited by the Caddo | ||
Indians; a French explorer, Francois Hervey, visited the area in | ||
1750; and | ||
WHEREAS, The county's first Anglo-American settler, Hugh | ||
Castle, settled in the region in the 1820s; in the 1870s, the area | ||
was organized into Delta County and named for its triangular shape; | ||
Cooper is the county seat; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Patterson Memorial Delta County Museum in the | ||
old Texas-Midland Railroad depot in Cooper exhibits artifacts and | ||
memorabilia from the county's early days, while Cooper's | ||
picturesque downtown features Miller Drug, with its old-fashioned | ||
soda counter and vintage Wurlitzer jukebox; visitors and residents | ||
alike enjoy the annual Chiggerfest in October, the Delta County | ||
Fair in April, and bass fishing at the ever-popular Cooper Lake; and | ||
WHEREAS, The citizens of Delta County are justly proud of | ||
their agricultural heritage, their rural lifestyle, and their | ||
good-neighbor values, and it is indeed a pleasure to celebrate this | ||
unique region of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize March 10, 2011, as Delta County Day at | ||
the State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation sincere | ||
best wishes for a memorable and meaningful stay in Austin. |