Bill Text: TX SR400 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the 36th annual Dripping Springs Founders Day Festival.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2025-04-14 - Reported enrolled [SR400 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SR400-Enrolled.html
|
|
||
| WHEREAS, Proud residents of Dripping Springs are | ||
| celebrating the history of their community at the 36th annual | ||
| Founders Day Festival, taking place from April 25 to 27, 2025; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, The city traces its origins to the 1850s, when the | ||
| Moss, Pound, and Wallace families joined together to pursue their | ||
| dream of moving to Texas from Mississippi; travelling by wagon, | ||
| the "Old Three" arrived at the top of what is today known as | ||
| Wallace Mountain in January 1854 and decided to settle among the | ||
| area's rolling hills, rocky creek beds, and abundant wildlife; | ||
| after John Moss was appointed postmaster in 1857, his wife, | ||
| Indiana, named the frontier community in honor of the nearby | ||
| springs that were fed by the Milk House branch of the Edwards | ||
| Aquifer; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dripping Springs served as a stagecoach stop | ||
| between Austin and Fredericksburg, and by the 1880s, the town had | ||
| come to support several businesses, including a steam-powered | ||
| gristmill and cotton gins; entrepreneur W. T. Chapman created a | ||
| 12-block city plan in 1881, and a school, a hotel, a livery | ||
| stable, and several shops were soon established; farming and | ||
| ranching remained the mainstays of the economy for the next | ||
| century, but the expansion of Austin beginning in the 1970s | ||
| helped convince Dripping Springs residents to incorporate the | ||
| city in 1981; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, Dripping Springs is known as the Gateway to | ||
| the Hill Country and has become a thriving part of the Central | ||
| Texas area; it draws visitors from across the state and country, | ||
| and retail and hospitality businesses have become an important | ||
| part of the economy; moreover, the city hosts more than 1,000 | ||
| weddings each year, and it has been designated as the official | ||
| Wedding Capital of Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 2025 Founders Day Festival is organized by the | ||
| City of Dripping Springs and the Founders Day Commission; the | ||
| celebration features a range of attractions, including a parade, | ||
| live music, arts and crafts, and a carnival, as well as a church | ||
| service on the final day; proceeds benefit local nonprofit | ||
| organizations, churches, school and park programs, youth groups, | ||
| and other charities; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Celebrating their rich heritage as they look | ||
| forward to a bright future, the citizens of Dripping Springs may | ||
| take great pride in their continuing contributions to Hays County | ||
| and the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th | ||
| Legislature, hereby commemorate the 36th annual Dripping Springs | ||
| Founders Day Festival and extend to all those in attendance | ||
| sincere best wishes for a meaningful and memorable event. | ||
| Campbell | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on April 14, 2025. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
