Bill Text: TX SR47 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Commemorating the 150th anniversary of Valley View.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-01-24 - Reported enrolled [SR47 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR47-Introduced.html
88R7157 CJM-D | ||
By: Springer | S.R. No. 47 |
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WHEREAS, Proud residents of Valley View joined together on | ||
March 26, 2022, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding | ||
of their community; and | ||
WHEREAS, Situated on the rolling prairie of North Texas, the | ||
region was first settled by the Lee family in 1870, and in 1872, | ||
L. W. Lee laid out a townsite and named it Valley View, for its | ||
vista of the Spring Creek valley; that same year, a post office was | ||
established in the community, and the following year, a blacksmith | ||
shop was opened that also served as the town's first school; by | ||
1884, the town had 250 people, three gristmills and cotton gins, and | ||
three general stores, and in 1886, it became a stop on the Gulf, | ||
Colorado and Santa Fe Railway; and | ||
WHEREAS, By 1890, there were four churches and a hotel in | ||
Valley View; a school district was incorporated in 1902, and the | ||
following year a two-story, brick schoolhouse was built, as well as | ||
six new business buildings, a bank, and a telephone exchange; in | ||
1904, a weekly newspaper, the Valley View News, began publishing; | ||
the town survived two serious fires in 1924, including one started | ||
by bank robbers, which burned down two city blocks; the town was | ||
incorporated in 1980, and today it is a dynamic community of more | ||
than 900 residents; and | ||
WHEREAS, On the occasion of the town's 150th birthday, the | ||
citizens of Valley View hosted a celebration featuring country | ||
music performances, gunfighter shows, square dancing, a display of | ||
antique tractors, and the crowning of the Valley View king and | ||
queen; and | ||
WHEREAS, Paying tribute to their rich and colorful history as | ||
they work together to build a bright future, the people of Valley | ||
View may indeed take great pride in the role their community plays | ||
in the story of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature | ||
hereby commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of Valley | ||
View and extend to the community's citizens and guests sincere best | ||
wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the City of Valley View as an expression of high regard | ||
by the Texas Senate. |