SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 741
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to pay
tribute to the late J. Frank Dobie, who is being inducted into the
Frontier Times Museum Hall of Honor in Bandera on July 25, 2009;
and
WHEREAS, The Frontier Times Museum was established in 1933
by J. Marvin Hunter to showcase the exploits of the pioneers
whose courage and strength of character played a major role in
the opening of the West and the creation of the icon known as the
true Texan; and
WHEREAS, J. Frank Dobie was an author, professor, and
lecturer who was among the first to recognize that the stories of
cowboys and vaqueros were as valid a form of literature as the
stories of such authors as Cervantes and Chaucer; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Dobie's pioneering work in collecting the
stories of the southwest helped create a renewed pride in our
state's history and traditions, and his belief in a liberated
mind set an indelible example for generations of men and women of
letters; and
WHEREAS, J. Frank Dobie embodied the principles and
courage exhibited by the early pioneers memorialized in the
Frontier Times Museum, and it is truly fitting that he be given
this singular honor on July 25, 2009, the National Day of the
American Cowboy; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st
Legislature, hereby honor the life and work of J. Frank Dobie;
and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in
grateful acknowledgement of his life and work.
Uresti
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on April 27, 2009.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate