Bill Text: TX SR23 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Sanzenbacher Ranch on its induction into the Texas Department of Agriculture Family Land Heritage Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-16 - Reported enrolled [SR23 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR23-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The prosperity of the Lone Star State has been | ||
greatly influenced by family farming and ranching, and the | ||
Sanzenbacher Ranch in Clay County has been recognized for its | ||
role in this proud tradition with its acceptance into the state's | ||
Family Land Heritage Program in 2023, during its 150th | ||
anniversary year; and | ||
WHEREAS, Sponsored by the Texas Department of | ||
Agriculture, this program honors farms and ranches that have | ||
been in continuous agricultural operation by the same family | ||
for a century or more; established in 1873, the Sanzenbacher | ||
Ranch is currently owned and operated by J. H. "Sonny" Baldwin, | ||
Forrest Baldwin, Ryan Baldwin, Harrison Baldwin, and Jacquelyn | ||
Sewell; and | ||
WHEREAS, Johann "Uncle John" Sanzenbacher emigrated to the | ||
United States from Germany in 1847, and in 1873, he founded | ||
Sanzenbacher Ranch alongside his nephew, Christian, and | ||
Christian's wife, Lucy; Uncle John passed away in 1879, and | ||
Lucy's brother, Henry Carle, joined the endeavor in 1886; he and | ||
the couple's youngest son, Henry Chris, assumed operations when | ||
Christian fell ill, and following the deaths of Christian and | ||
Lucy, the ranch was divided among their heirs in 1926; Henry | ||
Chris kept the original parcel of land and the house, which is | ||
still in use today; and | ||
WHEREAS, Henry Carle and his wife, Elsie Borgman, | ||
maintained the landholdings and herd with their son, Carle | ||
Roselle, and his wife, Anna Lee, until 1978, when ownership and | ||
management fell to Elsie and to Anna Lee's nephew, Sonny Baldwin; | ||
after Elsie's passing in 1995, Sonny inherited the ranch, and he | ||
went on to introduce new breedlines that improved the quality and | ||
size of calves; his son Forrest Baldwin currently manages the | ||
ranch's daily operations and oversees its production of cattle, | ||
horses, and hay; and | ||
WHEREAS, In preserving their property as a working ranch, | ||
Sonny Baldwin, Forrest Baldwin, Ryan Baldwin, Harrison Baldwin, | ||
and Jacquelyn Sewell are making their own contribution to their | ||
family's legacy, and it is indeed fitting that they be honored | ||
for their outstanding stewardship; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate J. H. | ||
"Sonny" Baldwin, Forrest Baldwin, Ryan Baldwin, Harrison | ||
Baldwin, and Jacquelyn Sewell on the induction of the | ||
Sanzenbacher Ranch into the Texas Department of Agriculture | ||
Family Land Heritage Program and extend to them sincere best | ||
wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for the family as an expression of high regard from the | ||
Texas Senate. | ||
Springer | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on October 16, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |