Bill Text: TX SR285 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas Senate Resolution 285 (Prior Session Legislation)

Enrolled

Bill Title: Recognizing March 6, 2019, as Navarro County Day.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-02-27 - Reported enrolled [SR285 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SR285-Enrolled.html


	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 285
	WHEREAS, Proud citizens of Navarro County are coming
	together in Austin on March 6, 2019, to celebrate Navarro County
	Day at the State Capitol; and

	WHEREAS, This region of rolling blackland prairie was once
	inhabited by the Ione, Kickapoo, and Comanche, and early
	Anglo-American settlers built a fort on the Navasota River in
	1833; Navarro County was officially organized in 1846 and named
	for Jose Antonio Navarro, a hero of the Texas Revolution; and

	WHEREAS, Corsicana was founded in 1848 as the county seat
	and named after the island of Corsica, the birthplace of
	Mr. Navarro's parents; the arrival of the railroad after the
	Civil War helped Corsicana to become the region's leading center
	for the trading and shipping of cotton, grain, wool, and
	hides; and

	WHEREAS, In 1894, drillers seeking more water for
	Corsicana's growing population struck oil and gas instead,
	leading to the first oil boom and the longest continual flow of
	oil in Texas; since that initial strike, more than 200 million
	barrels of oil have been produced in the county; and

	WHEREAS, Today, Navarro County's multifaceted economy
	revolves around advanced manufacturing, information technology,
	the oil and gas industries, and agriculture, primarily the
	production of cattle, cotton, sorghum, corn, and wheat; and

	WHEREAS, Corsicana is known far and wide for its DeLuxe
	Fruitcake, a creation of the 119-year-old Collin Street Bakery;
	the town is also home to: the Navarro Pecan Company, the largest
	pecan-shelling facility in the world; a Russell Stover candy
	factory; Oil City Iron Works, a foundry established in 1866 that
	produces industrial parts and equipment, with over 7,000 active
	patterns; and Corsicana Bedding, Incorporated, which was founded
	in 1971 as Tipton Manufacturing and is still leading the
	industry, having become one of the most solid bedding
	manufacturers in the nation; and

	WHEREAS, Notable attractions in Corsicana include the
	Lefty Frizzell Country Music Museum, the restored Palace
	Theatre, and Pioneer Village, a re-creation of a 19th-century
	Texas town; in addition, Navarro College boasts the Cook Center
	Planetarium, the largest domed theater in Texas, and the Pearce
	Museum, which contains extensive collections of Civil War
	documents and Western art; and

	WHEREAS, Residents and visitors alike enjoy abundant
	opportunities for boating, fishing, waterskiing, and other such
	pastimes, thanks to the proximity of Richland-Chambers
	Reservoir, Navarro Mills Lake, and Lake Halbert; and
	WHEREAS, Honoring their rich heritage even as they embrace
	the challenges and opportunities of the future, the citizens of
	Corsicana and Navarro County may indeed take pride in the vital
	role their community has played in the story of the Lone Star
	State; now, therefore, be it

	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th
	Legislature, hereby recognize March 6, 2019, as Navarro County
	Day at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation
	best wishes for a meaningful and memorable stay in Austin; and,
	be it further

	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in
	honor of this special day.

	Birdwell



		________________________________
		President of the Senate

		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on February 27, 2019.



		________________________________
		Secretary of the Senate



		________________________________
		Member, Texas Senate