Bill Text: TX HR76 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing March 6, 2019, as San Patricio County Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-11 - Reported enrolled [HR76 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR76-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing March 6, 2019, as San Patricio County Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-11 - Reported enrolled [HR76 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR76-Introduced.html
86R7226 KSM-D | ||
By: Lozano | H.R. No. 76 |
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WHEREAS, Residents of San Patricio County are gathering in | ||
Austin on March 6, 2019, to celebrate San Patricio County Day at the | ||
State Capitol; and | ||
WHEREAS, Situated on the broad coastal plain along the Gulf | ||
of Mexico, this region was originally inhabited by the Karankawa | ||
Indians; in 1829, 200 Irish families from New York formed a colony | ||
under a contract with the government of Mexico and founded the town | ||
of San Patricio de Hibernia, after Saint Patrick, the patron saint | ||
of Ireland; the town was the site of a battle during the Texas | ||
Revolution in 1836, and later that same year, San Patricio County | ||
was created by the new Republic of Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, By 1860, San Patricio County was occupied by | ||
ranchers and farmers, and during the Civil War, a Confederate fort | ||
was built at Aransas Pass to deal with smugglers, rustlers, and | ||
Federal raiders; the county's economy was boosted in 1885 when the | ||
San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway was extended to Aransas | ||
Harbor; the town of Sinton, named after an Ohio banker who had | ||
invested in the area's development, was designated as the county | ||
seat in 1893; and | ||
WHEREAS, Oil and gas were discovered in the county in the | ||
early 20th century, and the petroleum industry and agriculture | ||
continue to be the foundation of the economy; cotton, sorghum, and | ||
cattle are all major products, along with shrimp from the | ||
commercial fisheries along the coast; the deepwater port at Aransas | ||
Pass is easily accessible to northern markets by rail, highway, and | ||
the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, the people of San Patricio County enjoy a | ||
relaxed rural lifestyle while taking advantage of their proximity | ||
to the urban amenities of Corpus Christi; hunters, birders, | ||
kayakers, snorkelers, and devotees of sport fishing travel to the | ||
county for its many opportunities for recreation; the county is | ||
also home to the Welder Wildlife Refuge, one of the largest | ||
privately endowed refuges in the world; and | ||
WHEREAS, Celebrating their colorful past even as they work to | ||
build a bright future, those Texans who call San Patricio County | ||
home may indeed take great pride in the important role their unique | ||
region plays in the story of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be | ||
it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize March 6, 2019, as San Patricio County | ||
Day at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation | ||
sincere best wishes for a meaningful and memorable stay in Austin. |