S.C.R. No. 11
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The community of Bridgeport, Texas, started from a
toll bridge crossing of the Trinity River for stagecoaches of the
Overland Mail Company, and the name "Bridgeport" was acquired from
the bridge that portaged the stream; and
WHEREAS, There is a national legislative initiative to create
a national Overland Mail Company trail from Tipton, Missouri, to
San Francisco, California, which will pass through Bridgeport,
Texas; and
WHEREAS, The city's first economy was based on the stagecoach
and wagon shipping activity through Bridgeport; and
WHEREAS, Bridgeport has celebrated its unique Butterfield
Stage Days for many years, and there is a long tradition in
Bridgeport of using a stagecoach in at least three events annually;
and
WHEREAS, Bridgeport has its own Concord Stagecoach and keeps
it on public display; the city uses the stagecoach as a symbol and
an icon and plans events around its stagecoach heritage; and
WHEREAS, The Main Street program heritage and tourist efforts
in Bridgeport have been, and continue to be, centered around the
stagecoach theme; and
WHEREAS, Given Bridgeport's origins as a stagecoach crossing
and the continuing efforts of the city to preserve this picturesque
and symbolic part of its history, it is fitting that the historic
connection between the stagecoach and the City of Bridgeport be
duly recognized; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby designate Bridgeport as the official Stagecoach Capital of
Texas.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 11 was adopted by the Senate
on April 23, 2009, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 11 was adopted by the House
on May 24, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor