Bill Text: TX HR959 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing Bradley 3 Ranch in Memphis on its 60th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-16 - Reported enrolled [HR959 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR959-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing Bradley 3 Ranch in Memphis on its 60th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-16 - Reported enrolled [HR959 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR959-Introduced.html
86R20541 GM-D | ||
By: Springer | H.R. No. 959 |
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WHEREAS, The Bradley 3 Ranch celebrated 60 years of operation | ||
in the registered cattle business in 2018, and this occasion | ||
provides a welcome opportunity to honor its heritage and | ||
achievements; and | ||
WHEREAS, The origins of the Bradley 3 Ranch date back to the | ||
1870s, when Rufus Jack Bradley worked as a wagon boss in the | ||
northwest Panhandle; after diligently saving his wages during 1874 | ||
and 1875, he headed south and purchased a few acres between the | ||
Wichita River and Beaver Creek in Wichita County; his ranch | ||
initially raised Longhorns and then commercial Herefords; and | ||
WHEREAS, In the early 1950s, Billy Jack Bradley, Rufus's | ||
grandson, met his future wife, Minnie Lou Ottinger, who suggested | ||
that the Bradley ranch should try crossing Angus bulls with | ||
Hereford cows, a radical notion at the time; the Bradleys expanded | ||
their new black baldie herd to a second ranch in Dickens County, and | ||
after Bill returned from his service in the armed forces, he | ||
purchased a third ranch in Childress County; when he and Minnie Lou | ||
married, the Bradley 3 Ranch was born, with the name representing | ||
the third ranch and the fact that Bill and Minnie Lou were the third | ||
generation of the family to ranch in North Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, The business transitioned to raising purebred Angus | ||
cattle in the late 1950s, and over the years, operations have | ||
evolved to meet changing consumer demand; the Bradleys built a beef | ||
processing facility in 1986, producing their own branded beef | ||
products for many years before selling the facility in 2002; today, | ||
the ranch continues to be operated by Minnie Lou Bradley along with | ||
her daughter, Mary Lou Bradley-Henderson, and Mary Lou's husband, | ||
James Henderson; each has become a respected figure in the cattle | ||
industry, and Minnie Lou has been inducted into the National | ||
Cowgirl Hall of Fame and has received other notable accolades for | ||
her pioneering achievements; and | ||
WHEREAS, For six decades, the Bradley 3 Ranch has | ||
distinguished itself as a premier cattle-raising operation, and in | ||
so doing, it has furthered the rich ranching tradition of the Lone | ||
Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize the Bradley 3 Ranch on 60 years in the | ||
registered cattle business and extend to all those associated with | ||
the enterprise sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the Bradley family as an expression of high regard by | ||
the Texas House of Representatives. |