Bill Text: TX SR435 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing April 18, 2023, as La Salle County Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-18 - Reported enrolled [SR435 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR435-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing April 18, 2023, as La Salle County Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-18 - Reported enrolled [SR435 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR435-Introduced.html
2023S0377-1 04/17/23 | ||
By: Zaffirini | S.R. No. 435 |
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WHEREAS, Proud citizens of La Salle County are visiting | ||
the State Capitol on April 18, 2023, to celebrate the role their | ||
South Texas home has played in the annals of the Lone Star State; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, In the Spanish colonial era, the Old Presidio | ||
Road passed through present-day La Salle County; Coahuila | ||
governor Alonso De Leon used this road on his way to search for | ||
the French settlement of the Sieur de La Salle, as did the famed | ||
missionary and historian Friar Juan Agustin Morfi; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although the county was created in 1858, outlaw | ||
activity and Indian raids delayed settlement; Fort Ewell, | ||
established in 1852 to protect travelers, was abandoned two years | ||
later; with the last Indian raid occurring in 1878, however, the | ||
arrival of the railroad in the early 1880s and the gradual | ||
suppression of desperadoes, ranching soon became a viable | ||
project; and | ||
WHEREAS, One of the ranches established during this period | ||
was a huge spread managed by the Hall brothers, among them Jesse | ||
Leigh "Lee" Hall, a noted Texas Ranger who had been instrumental | ||
in bringing order to South Texas; Lee Hall became the prototype | ||
for the Texas Ranger who appears in many short stories by the | ||
writer O. Henry, who spent two years on the ranch while seeking to | ||
improve his health; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ranching remains a major part of the county's | ||
economy; other income is derived from oil and gas, a significant | ||
industry here since the 1950s, and from agriculture; the South | ||
Texas practice of cool-season farming originated in La Salle | ||
County in the 1890s, and by 1910 the county was the leading | ||
vegetable producer in the Winter Garden Region; and | ||
WHEREAS, The citizens of La Salle County are heirs to a | ||
notable history and heritage, and their productivity and | ||
dedication to being good stewards of the earth are a model for all | ||
Texans and are truly worthy of commendation; now, therefore, be | ||
it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby recognize April 18, 2023, as La Salle County | ||
Day at the State Capitol and extend to the county's residents and | ||
delegates sincere best wishes for a memorable and rewarding | ||
visit; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in | ||
honor of this special occasion. |