Bill Text: TX SR243 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing February 26, 2015, as Aransas County Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-23 - Reported enrolled [SR243 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR243-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Proud residents of Aransas County are gathering | ||
in Austin to celebrate Aransas County Day at the State Capitol on | ||
February 26, 2015; and | ||
WHEREAS, This region of thousand-year-old oaks, coastal | ||
prairie, and sandy beaches was first inhabited by native peoples | ||
8,000 years ago; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1828, the Mexican government awarded an | ||
empresario grant to bring in settlers from Ireland and Mexico, | ||
and not long after the Civil War, in the mid-1860s, the towns of | ||
Fulton and Rockport were founded as ports for the cattle | ||
business; Aransas County was formed in 1871 and named after a | ||
Spanish palace; and | ||
WHEREAS, Aransas County is the gateway to the nearly | ||
115,000-acre Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, where the amazing | ||
whooping cranes spend the winter, and Goose Island State Park, | ||
which has between 150,000 and 200,000 visitors annually; and | ||
WHEREAS, Rockport and Fulton Harbors are the home ports of | ||
many popular boating excursions for birders, dolphin watchers, | ||
and devotees of deep-sea and bay fishing, while the beautifully | ||
lit Fulton Harbor Pier and 8,690-foot-long Copano Bay Pier offer | ||
first-rate opportunities for angling; and | ||
WHEREAS, The county's history is evoked by the 19th century | ||
Fulton Mansion and the 1870s Victorian-style Aransas County | ||
History Center, while the official Texas Maritime Museum in | ||
Rockport celebrates the marine heritage of the Lone Star State; | ||
the Rockport Center for the Arts is a hub for the region's | ||
thriving cultural scene, which includes such festive annual events | ||
as the Bountiful Bowl Pottery Fair, the Fulton Oysterfest, the | ||
Rockport Film Festival, the HummerBird Celebration, LaMardi | ||
Gras, and the annual Rockport Festival of Wines; and | ||
WHEREAS, Blessed with more magnificent bays than land, | ||
more redfish and trout than cars, and a chamber of commerce with a | ||
five-star rating, Aransas County is one of the treasures of the | ||
Lone Star State, and its citizens may indeed take great pride in | ||
their heritage and look forward to a future filled with | ||
opportunity and good times; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
Legislature, hereby recognize February 26, 2015, as Aransas | ||
County Day at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting | ||
delegation sincere best wishes for a memorable and meaningful | ||
visit to Austin. | ||
Kolkhorst | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on February 23, 2015. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |