Bill Text: TX HR821 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the posthumous induction of Enrique E. Guerra into the Hall of Great Westerners at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-27 - Reported enrolled [HR821 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR821-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 821 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Enrique E. Guerra was posthumously inducted into the | ||
| Hall of Great Westerners at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage | ||
| Museum in Oklahoma City on April 15, 2016; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A 12th-generation Texan, Enrique Guerra was born in | ||
| McAllen in 1929 and attended St. Edward's Military Academy and | ||
| St. Edward's University; he worked as a farmer and rancher in | ||
| Mexico for nearly four decades before moving to his ancestral | ||
| property, San Vicente Ranch, near Linn; though he owned many | ||
| different types of registered stock cattle, the Texas Longhorn was | ||
| his favorite, and he was instrumental in reintroducing the original | ||
| Spanish-blooded longhorn into the Wichita Mountains Wildlife | ||
| Refuge in the 1950s; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Guerra gave generously of his time and energies | ||
| as president of the Texas Gun Collectors Association, the | ||
| Cattlemen's Texas Longhorn Registry, and the Cattlemen's Texas | ||
| Longhorn Conservancy; he also served as chair of the advisory board | ||
| of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission and shared his vast | ||
| expertise with the board of the Tejano Monument as an advisor; an | ||
| enthusiastic collector of Spanish and Mexican colonial art and | ||
| artifacts and an avid reader of historical books and documents, he | ||
| contributed and loaned pieces to the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and | ||
| Museum, the Institute of Texan Cultures, the Bob Bullock Texas | ||
| State History Museum, the Museum of South Texas History, which he | ||
| also served as an advisory board member, and the Briscoe Western Art | ||
| Museum, which named him an honorary lifetime director; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In recognition of his outstanding efforts, this | ||
| esteemed cattleman was presented with the 2014 Bixby-Sponenberg | ||
| Breed Conservation Award by the American Livestock Breeds | ||
| Conservancy, a citation of outstanding achievement in historic | ||
| preservation by the Texas Historical Foundation, and a Linn-San | ||
| Manuel Pride of the Community Award, among numerous other | ||
| accolades; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Guerra was supported in all his endeavors by his | ||
| wife of 64 years, Lydia Lopez Negrete de Guerra; he was further | ||
| blessed with a fine family that included six children, Lydia, | ||
| Judith, Regina, Enrique, Jose Manuel, and Juan Carlos, as well as 12 | ||
| grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren; he passed away on March | ||
| 16, 2016, at the age of 86; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Enrique Guerra lived a life in the tradition of a | ||
| true cowboy, greatly benefiting the Texas cattle industry while | ||
| also helping to preserve the rich heritage of the Lone Star State; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate the induction of Enrique E. Guerra | ||
| into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Hall of Great | ||
| Westerners and pay homage to his life and his many contributions to | ||
| the Lone Star State; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for his family as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Guerra | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 821 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 23, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
