Bill Text: TX SR187 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Celebrating February 17, 2015, as Wise County Day.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-17 - Reported enrolled [SR187 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR187-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Residents of Wise County are visiting Austin on | ||
| February 17, 2015, to celebrate Wise County Day at the State | ||
| Capitol; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Located in the northwestern part of the state, | ||
| Wise County has a varied terrain, much of which has proven to be | ||
| fertile farmland; the first known inhabitants of the area in | ||
| historic times were the Wichita, followed by groups of Caddo, | ||
| Delaware, and Kichai; Anglo settlers arrived in the 1850s, and on | ||
| January 23, 1856, the county was carved out of Cooke County by | ||
| legislative act and named in honor of Henry A. Wise, a United | ||
| States congressman from Virginia who had supported the | ||
| annexation of Texas; at the same time as it created Wise County, | ||
| the legislature decreed that its county seat be established | ||
| within five miles of the county's center, and two years later | ||
| that new community became known as Decatur, after the naval hero | ||
| Stephen Decatur; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The eastern fork of the Chisholm Trail passed near | ||
| Decatur during the latter half of the 19th century, and the town | ||
| prospered as a shipping point and market for local farmers; | ||
| today, it is a center for natural gas production, specialty | ||
| carbon and graphite manufacturing, and health care, as well as | ||
| marketing and processing for Wise County agribusiness; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Decatur is also home to some of the best | ||
| professional rodeo riders in the world; among the champion riders | ||
| who live and train in the community are bull riders Silvano | ||
| Alves, Mike Lee, Joao Ricardo Vieira, and Ross Johnson, as well | ||
| as all-around cowboy Trevor Brazile and wrangler K. C. Jones; the | ||
| famed Cooper family of rodeo riders live in Decatur as well, | ||
| including the family patriarch and Texas Rodeo Hall of Famer Roy | ||
| Cooper; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Visitors are drawn to Decatur by such historic | ||
| attractions as the Waggoner Mansion, the Wise County Heritage | ||
| Museum, the Wise County Veterans Park, and the pink granite Wise | ||
| County Courthouse, which was completed in 1896; Wise County is | ||
| home to a variety of recreational opportunities provided by Lake | ||
| Bridgeport, Eagle Mountain Lake, and the Caddo-Lyndon B. Johnson | ||
| National Grasslands; in addition, area residents celebrate their | ||
| heritage with the annual Butterfield Stage Days Festival in May, | ||
| the Wise County Old Settlers Reunion in July, and the Chisholm | ||
| Trail Days and Western Heritage Festival in September; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The citizens of Wise County may take justifiable | ||
| pride in their corner of Texas and know that it has contributed | ||
| immensely to the development and vitality of the Lone Star State; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
| Legislature, hereby recognize February 17, 2015, as Wise County | ||
| Day at the State Capitol and extend best wishes to the visiting | ||
| delegation for an informative and enjoyable stay in Austin. | ||
| Estes | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on February 17, 2015. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
