Bill Text: TX HR784 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating Jim Hogg County on its centennial celebration.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-14 - Reported enrolled [HR784 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR784-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 784 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Proud citizens of Jim Hogg County are celebrating | ||
| their county's centennial in 2013, and this milestone offers a | ||
| welcome opportunity to recognize the notable role this area has | ||
| played in the development of the Lone Star State; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Situated in South Texas, just north of the Rio | ||
| Grande Valley, the approximately 1,100 square miles that make up | ||
| Jim Hogg County have been inhabited for possibly as long as 11,000 | ||
| years; the county seat of Hebbronville is located on what was once | ||
| part of the 1767 Spanish land grant to Simon Hinojosa called | ||
| "Noriacitas"; in the early 1800s, settlers from Mexico began | ||
| establishing ranches on land grants awarded by the Spanish and, | ||
| later, the Mexican government; the headquarters of those ranches | ||
| gradually became the focal point of communities composed of | ||
| vaqueros and their families; Anglo settlers, who began to arrive in | ||
| the vicinity in the 1830s, generally became assimilated into the | ||
| prevailing ranching culture; and | ||
| WHEREAS, It was not until after Texas joined the Union that | ||
| the state began to organize counties in the borderlands, and the | ||
| boundaries of those early counties shifted over time, as the | ||
| population grew; in 1913, a group of Hebbronville citizens | ||
| petitioned for the creation of a new county, partly owing to the | ||
| distance they had to travel in order to conduct business in the | ||
| county seat of Falfurrias; the Texas Legislature granted their wish | ||
| in March of that year, establishing a new jurisdiction with land | ||
| carved out of Brooks and Duval Counties; named for the first native | ||
| Texan to serve as governor of Texas, Jim Hogg County was officially | ||
| established on September 1, 1913, with Hebbronville as the county | ||
| seat; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Founded in 1883 on the Texas Mexican Railway line, | ||
| Hebbronville became a ranching center and a major shipping point | ||
| for livestock, as well as the seat of county government; with the | ||
| discovery of oil in the county in 1921, the city also became an oil | ||
| field center; the influx of oil field workers increased the town's | ||
| population from an estimated 500 in 1920 to 1,800 by 1927; to meet | ||
| the needs of its citizens, Hebbronville established a public school | ||
| district in 1921, and five years later the town acquired a | ||
| newspaper, the Jim Hogg County Enterprise; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through the decades, ranching and the oil and gas | ||
| industry have remained the mainstays of the county's economy; the | ||
| area's rich cattle-raising tradition is a point of pride, and in | ||
| 2005 the county was officially designated the Vaquero Capital of | ||
| Texas; the annual Vaquero Festival takes place in Hebbronville each | ||
| November; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Hebbronville now has several nationwide stores, the | ||
| nationally known Hillcrest Tortilla factory, three major banks, and | ||
| one savings and loan; the most valuable resource has been Jim Hogg | ||
| County's people, who now work around the world in the oil and gas | ||
| industries, in education, and on innumerable professional | ||
| endeavors; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, Jim Hogg County is home to some 5,300 Texans, | ||
| and its citizens benefit from the able leadership of county judge | ||
| Guadalupe Canales and county commissioners Linda Joe Soliz, Valo | ||
| Alaniz, Sandalio Ruiz, and Juan Lino Ramirez; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In Texas, there are former Jim Hogg County residents | ||
| who are school principals, superintendents, college professors, | ||
| engineers, architects, inventors, television stars, movie | ||
| producers, and oil and gas consultants; men and women from Jim Hogg | ||
| County continue to proudly serve our country around the world in all | ||
| branches of the military and federal law enforcement agencies | ||
| defending America's borders, freedoms, and citizens from terrorism | ||
| and other threats; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Currently, with its numerous historic ranches, Jim | ||
| Hogg County is well known for white-tailed deer, quail, and dove | ||
| hunting; the oil and gas companies are now servicing hydraulic | ||
| fracking in the various oil and gas shale formations around the | ||
| area; and | ||
| WHEREAS, With its vibrant heritage, industrious people, and | ||
| valuable natural resources, Jim Hogg County is contributing to the | ||
| ongoing story of the Lone Star State, and it is fitting that the | ||
| county's first 100 years be recognized and celebrated; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate the 100th anniversary of Jim Hogg | ||
| County and extend to its residents sincere best wishes for the | ||
| future. | ||
| Guillen | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 784 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 12, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
