H.R. No. 311
R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 WHEREAS, Since its establishment in the 1840s, the beautiful
1-2 city of Copperas Cove has significantly contributed to the state's
1-3 unique history with its rich and colorful past, and the hardy
1-4 pioneers who settled the area would indeed be proud of its
1-5 tremendous growth and progress since that time; and
1-6 WHEREAS, Ogletree Gap Valley, about two miles west of town,
1-7 is the original townsite of Copperas Cove; the natural basin,
1-8 protected by the five surrounding hills, was used primarily as a
1-9 stopover for cattle drives heading east toward the Chisholm Trail;
1-10 and
1-11 WHEREAS, One of the area's earliest settlers was Marsden
1-12 Ogletree, who migrated to Texas from Georgia with his family in
1-13 1878 and built a family home that also served as a grain store and
1-14 a stopping place for the Lampasas to Belton stagecoach; since the
1-15 mail arrived by stagecoach, a post office was opened in the
1-16 location the following year and Mr. Ogletree became its first
1-17 postmaster; and
1-18 WHEREAS, Named for a "copperas-tasting" spring in the cove of
1-19 a nearby mountain, the thriving community shifted to its present
1-20 location with the coming of the Santa Fe Railway, and the area soon
1-21 became a shipping point for cattle and cotton; and
1-22 WHEREAS, Copperas Cove remained a small community until
1-23 construction began at what was then known as Camp Hood in 1942, and
1-24 today the city enjoys a multicultural and forward-looking
2-1 population of nearly 25,000 residents; and
2-2 WHEREAS, The city of Copperas Cove, which has continued to
2-3 maintain its progressive Western spirit and healthy business
2-4 climate, also has become well known for offering an abundance of
2-5 recreational facilities at its 88-acre park as well as excellent
2-6 educational opportunities at Central Texas College and the
2-7 University of Central Texas; and
2-8 WHEREAS, The citizens of this innovative and modern community
2-9 have made Copperas Cove a town that still takes pride in
2-10 traditional values and a high quality of life, and their
2-11 accomplishments merit the commendation of the Texas House of
2-12 Representatives; now, therefore, be it
2-13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 73rd Texas
2-14 Legislature hereby recognize Tuesday, February 23, 1993, as
2-15 "Copperas Cove Day" at the State Capitol, welcome the proud
2-16 residents of Copperas Cove on their visit to Austin, and commend
2-17 them for their exemplary achievement in building one of Texas'
2-18 finest communities.
2-19 finest communities.
2-20 Place
2-21 H.R. No. 311
2-22 Laney Giddings Naishtat
2-23 Alexander Glaze Nieto
2-24 Allen Goodman Oakley
2-25 Alonzo Goolsby Ogden
2-26 Alvarado Granoff Oliveira
2-27 Averitt Gray Park
3-1 Bailey Greenberg Parra
3-2 Berlanga Grusendorf Patterson
3-3 Black Gutierrez Pitts
3-4 Blackwood Haggerty Place
3-5 Bomer Hamric Price
3-6 Bosse Harris Puente
3-7 Brady Hartnett Rabuck
3-8 Brimer Heflin Ramsay
3-9 Cain Hernandez Rangel
3-10 Campbell Hightower Raymond
3-11 Carona Hilbert Rodriguez
3-12 Carter Hilderbran Romo
3-13 Chisum Hill Rudd
3-14 Clemons Hirschi Sadler
3-15 Coleman Hochberg Saunders
3-16 Combs Holzheauser Schechter
3-17 Conley Horn Seidlits
3-18 Cook Hudson Shields
3-19 Corte Hunter of Taylor Siebert
3-20 Counts Hunter of Nueces A. Smith of Harris
3-21 Crabb Jackson D. Smith of Harris
3-22 Craddick James Smithee
3-23 Cuellar of Webb Johnson Solis
3-24 Cuellar of Hidalgo Jones of Lubbock Stiles
3-25 Culberson Jones of Dallas Swinford
3-26 Danburg Junell Tallas
3-27 Davila Kamel Talton
4-1 Davis Krusee Telford
4-2 De La Garza Kubiak Thompson of Tarrant
4-3 Dear Kuempel Thompson of Harris
4-4 Delco Lewis Turner of Coleman
4-5 Delisi Linebarger Turner of Harris
4-6 Denton Longoria Uher
4-7 Driver McCall Van de Putte
4-8 Duncan McCoulskey Vowell
4-9 Dutton McDonald West
4-10 Earley Madden Williamson
4-11 Eckels Marchant Willis
4-12 Edwards Martin Wilson
4-13 Erickson Maxey Wolens
4-14 Finnell Moffat Yarbrough
4-15 Flores Moreno Yost
4-16 Gallego Mowery Zbranek
4-17 Gallegos Munoz
4-18 H.R. No. 311
4-19 _______________________________
4-20 Speaker of the House
4-21 I certify that H.R. No. 311 was adopted by the House on
4-22 February 23, 1993, by a non-record vote.
4-23 _______________________________
4-24 Chief Clerk of the House