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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Residents of Wise County are visiting Austin on |
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| 6 | 7 | | February 19, 2019, to celebrate Wise County Day at the State |
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| 7 | 8 | | Capitol; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Located in the northwestern part of the state, Wise |
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| 9 | 10 | | County was established on January 23, 1856; the county was carved |
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| 10 | 11 | | out of Cooke County by legislative act and named in honor of Henry |
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| 11 | 12 | | A. Wise, a U.S. congressman from Virginia who had supported the |
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| 12 | 13 | | annexation of Texas; at the same time as it created Wise County, the |
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| 13 | 14 | | legislature decreed that its county seat be established within five |
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| 14 | 15 | | miles of the county's center, and two years later that new community |
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| 15 | 16 | | became known as Decatur, after the naval hero Stephen Decatur; and |
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| 16 | 17 | | WHEREAS, The eastern fork of the Chisholm Trail passed near |
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| 17 | 18 | | Decatur during the latter half of the 19th century, and the town |
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| 18 | 19 | | prospered as a shipping point and market for local farmers; today, |
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| 19 | 20 | | it is a center for natural gas production, specialty carbon and |
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| 20 | 21 | | graphite manufacturing, and health care, as well as marketing and |
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| 21 | 22 | | processing for area agribusiness; and |
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| 22 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Decatur is also home to some of the best |
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| 23 | 24 | | professional rodeo cowboys and bull riders in the world; among the |
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| 24 | 25 | | champions who live or train in the community are three-time |
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| 25 | 26 | | Professional Bull Riders World Champion Silvano Alves, PBR World |
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| 26 | 27 | | Champions Kaique Pacheco, Guilherme Marchi, and Mike Lee, PBR World |
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| 27 | 28 | | Finals Champions Marco Eguchi and Jose Vitor Leme, and nine-time |
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| 28 | 29 | | National Finals Rodeo finalist steer wrestler K. C. Jones, as well |
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| 29 | 30 | | as the most decorated rodeo cowboy of all time, with 24 world |
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| 30 | 31 | | championships and 14 all-around titles, Trevor Brazile; the famed |
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| 31 | 32 | | Cooper family of rodeo cowboys also lives in Decatur, including |
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| 32 | 33 | | four-time World Champion Tuf Cooper and the patriarch and Texas |
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| 33 | 34 | | Rodeo Hall of Famer Roy Cooper; and |
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| 34 | 35 | | WHEREAS, Visitors are drawn by such historic attractions as |
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| 35 | 36 | | the Waggoner Mansion, the Wise County Heritage Museum, the Wise |
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| 36 | 37 | | County Veterans Park, and the pink granite Wise County Courthouse, |
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| 37 | 38 | | which was completed in 1896; Wise County is home to a variety of |
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| 38 | 39 | | recreational opportunities provided by Lake Bridgeport, Eagle |
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| 39 | 40 | | Mountain Lake, and the Caddo-Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands; |
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| 40 | 41 | | in addition, area residents commemorate their heritage with the |
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| 41 | 42 | | annual Butterfield Stage Days Festival in May, the Wise County Old |
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| 42 | 43 | | Settlers Reunion in July, and the Chisholm Trail Days and Western |
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| 43 | 44 | | Heritage Festival in August; and |
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| 44 | 45 | | WHEREAS, Celebrating their history as they embrace the |
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| 45 | 46 | | opportunities of the future, the citizens of Wise County take great |
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| 46 | 47 | | pride in their community, and it is indeed fitting to honor their |
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| 47 | 48 | | unique contributions to the story of the Lone Star State; now, |
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| 48 | 49 | | therefore, be it |
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| 49 | 50 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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| 50 | 51 | | Legislature hereby recognize February 19, 2019, as Wise County Day |
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| 51 | 52 | | at the State Capitol and extend best wishes to the visiting |
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| 52 | 53 | | delegation for a meaningful and memorable stay in Austin. |
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