| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 314 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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| 3 | 3 | | recognize Henderson County in honor of the 175th anniversary of |
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| 4 | 4 | | the county's establishment on April 27, 2021; and |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Henderson County is located in the transitional |
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| 6 | 6 | | region between East Texas and Central Texas and was originally |
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| 7 | 7 | | formed from parts of Nacogdoches and Houston Counties; |
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| 8 | 8 | | established by the Texas Legislature on April 27, 1846, the |
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| 9 | 9 | | county was named in honor of James Pinckney Henderson, the first |
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| 10 | 10 | | attorney general of the Republic of Texas and the first governor |
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| 11 | 11 | | of the State of Texas; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, Henderson County's early Native American |
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| 13 | 13 | | population consisted of Cherokees, Shawnees, Delawares, and |
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| 14 | 14 | | Kickapoos, and the region was inhabited in prehistoric times by |
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| 15 | 15 | | native tribes; following the Texas Revolution in 1836, people of |
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| 16 | 16 | | European origin began to settle in the area, and Brownsboro, the |
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| 17 | 17 | | county's oldest existing town, was established in 1849, with the |
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| 18 | 18 | | town of Athens later chosen as the county seat; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, The county's first newspaper, the Athens |
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| 20 | 20 | | Bulletin, began in 1873, and in 1880, railroads came to the |
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| 21 | 21 | | county for the first time; as the county grew in population and |
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| 22 | 22 | | industry, manufacturing played an important role in its |
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| 23 | 23 | | development, and agriculture has remained a mainstay of the |
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| 24 | 24 | | county's economy since its earliest days; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Today, recreation and entertainment, including |
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| 26 | 26 | | hunting and fishing, draw Texans to the county to visit sites |
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| 27 | 27 | | along the Texas Forest Trail and the Texas Lakes Trail, and such |
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| 28 | 28 | | local festivities as the Old Fiddlers Reunion and the Black-Eyed |
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| 29 | 29 | | Pea Jamboree are popular annual events; the residents of |
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| 30 | 30 | | Henderson County can take great pride in the county's rich |
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| 31 | 31 | | history and in the outstanding contributions of its citizens to |
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| 32 | 32 | | the growth and prosperity of the Lone Star State over the past 175 |
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| 33 | 33 | | years; now, therefore, be it |
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| 34 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th |
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| 35 | 35 | | Legislature, hereby extend to the people of Henderson County best |
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| 36 | 36 | | wishes for a memorable celebration of the county's 175th |
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| 37 | 37 | | anniversary; and, be it further |
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| 38 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in |
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| 39 | 39 | | honor of this special occasion. |
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| 40 | 40 | | Nichols |
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| 41 | 41 | | ________________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | President of the Senate |
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| 43 | 43 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 44 | 44 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 45 | 45 | | the Senate on April 26, 2021. |
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| 46 | 46 | | ________________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 48 | 48 | | ________________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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