H.R. No. 86 R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, March 10, 1993, marks the historic 120th anniversary 1-2 of the linkage of two great railroads, the Houston and Texas 1-3 Central and the Missouri Kansas and Texas, in Denison, Texas; and 1-4 WHEREAS, The arrival of the first Houston and Texas Central 1-5 train in Denison in 1873 signaled the dawn of a new era for Texas 1-6 and the nation, binding north and south forever with twin steel 1-7 rails, an event comparable to the historic joining of the Union 1-8 Pacific and Central Pacific railroads at Promontory Point, Utah, 1-9 which gave America its first railway connecting the Atlantic and 1-10 Pacific coasts; and 1-11 WHEREAS, Completing the historic confluence of the Houston 1-12 and Texas Central and the Missouri Kansas and Texas railways 1-13 established Denison as the western-most rail junction where 1-14 north-to-south, border-to-border rail connections existed; and 1-15 WHEREAS, An era of enormous prosperity was brought about by 1-16 this event, which provided a direct linkage between Texas cities, 1-17 especially the Gulf ports, and St. Louis and other Midwest markets, 1-18 and ushered the state into the industrial age; and 1-19 WHEREAS, At the time of its occurrence, this tremendous 1-20 achievement was given little pomp and fanfare for an event of such 1-21 far-reaching significance; and 1-22 WHEREAS, On its 120th anniversary, the joining together of 1-23 the Houston and Texas Central and the Missouri Kansas and Texas 1-24 railroads will be celebrated with the unveiling of a historic 2-1 plaque, a luncheon, and the ceremonial driving in of a golden spike 2-2 at the location where the first train stopped 120 years ago, and 2-3 this significant occasion truly merits special legislative 2-4 recognition; now, therefore, be it 2-5 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 73rd Texas 2-6 Legislature hereby commemorate the 120th anniversary of the 2-7 conjunction of the Houston and Texas Central and the Missouri 2-8 Kansas and Texas railroads in Denison, and acknowledge its historic 2-9 significance to Texas and the nation; and, be it further 2-10 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-11 prepared for Keith Hubbard, Sr., chairman of the Golden Spike 2-12 Committee, as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of 2-13 Representatives. 2-14 Representatives. 2-15 Seidlits 2-16 H.R. No. 86 2-17 Laney Giddings Naishtat 2-18 Alexander Glaze Nieto 2-19 Allen Goodman Oakley 2-20 Alonzo Goolsby Ogden 2-21 Alvarado Granoff Oliveira 2-22 Averitt Gray Park 2-23 Bailey Greenberg Parra 2-24 Berlanga Grusendorf Patterson 2-25 Black Gutierrez Pitts 2-26 Blackwood Haggerty Place 2-27 Bomer Hamric Price 3-1 Bosse Harris Puente 3-2 Brady Hartnett Rabuck 3-3 Brimer Heflin Ramsay 3-4 Cain Hernandez Rangel 3-5 Campbell Hightower Raymond 3-6 Carona Hilbert Rodriguez 3-7 Carter Hilderbran Romo 3-8 Chisum Hill Rudd 3-9 Clemons Hirschi Sadler 3-10 Coleman Hochberg Saunders 3-11 Combs Holzheauser Schechter 3-12 Conley Horn Seidlits 3-13 Cook Hudson Shields 3-14 Corte Hunter of Taylor Siebert 3-15 Counts Hunter of Nueces A. Smith of Harris 3-16 Crabb Jackson D. Smith of Harris 3-17 Craddick James Smithee 3-18 Cuellar of Webb Johnson Solis 3-19 Cuellar of Hidalgo Jones of Lubbock Stiles 3-20 Culberson Jones of Dallas Swinford 3-21 Danburg Junell Tallas 3-22 Davila Kamel Talton 3-23 Davis Krusee Telford 3-24 De La Garza Kubiak Thompson of Tarrant 3-25 Dear Kuempel Thompson of Harris 3-26 Delco Lewis Turner of Coleman 3-27 Delisi Linebarger Turner of Harris 4-1 Denton Longoria Uher 4-2 Driver McCall Van de Putte 4-3 Duncan McCoulskey Vowell 4-4 Dutton McDonald West 4-5 Earley Madden Williamson 4-6 Eckels Marchant Willis 4-7 Edwards Martin Wilson 4-8 Erickson Maxey Wolens 4-9 Finnell Moffat Yarbrough 4-10 Flores Moreno Yost 4-11 Gallego Mowery Zbranek 4-12 Gallegos Munoz 4-13 H.R. No. 86 4-14 _______________________________ 4-15 Speaker of the House 4-16 I certify that H.R. No. 86 was adopted by the House on March 4-17 8, 1993, by a non-record vote. 4-18 _______________________________ 4-19 Chief Clerk of the House