SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, The Legislature of Texas takes pleasure in 1-2 recognizing the City of Ferris on its selection as one of the Texas 1-3 Historical Commission's Official Texas Main Street Cities; and 1-4 WHEREAS, Sponsored by the Independent Bankers Association of 1-5 Texas, the Texas Main Street Program is a revitalization program 1-6 for historic downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts; and 1-7 WHEREAS, The program was initiated in 1981, and more than 110 1-8 communities across the state have been helped by the Main Street 1-9 Program; and 1-10 WHEREAS, The City of Ferris was occupied in 1851 by settlers 1-11 who purchased a land grant; the Ephraim Andrews family and their 1-12 in-laws, the McKnight family, first inhabited the area; other 1-13 pioneer families were the Duffs, the Greens, the McDaniels, and the 1-14 Orrs; and 1-15 WHEREAS, In 1874, the Andrews family deeded the 100-acre 1-16 townsite, named for Judge J. W. Ferris, to the Houston and Texas 1-17 Central Railway; this outstanding city has been a brickmaking 1-18 center since 1895; and 1-19 WHEREAS, Today Ferris is a thriving community whose citizens 1-20 enjoy small town amenities while experiencing the advantages of 1-21 living near the Metroplex; and 1-22 WHEREAS, The First Lady of Texas, Mrs. Laura Bush, visited 1-23 the town on March 18, 1997, to participate in the festivities and 2-1 deliver the keynote address and unveil the first architectural 2-2 restoration drawing for the downtown renovation; and 2-3 WHEREAS, Mrs. Jan Bullock, wife of the Lieutenant Governor 2-4 and a member of the Texas Historical Commission, gave the welcome 2-5 address from the Texas State Historical Commission; now, therefore, 2-6 be it 2-7 RESOLVED, That the 75th Legislature of the State of Texas 2-8 hereby congratulate the town of Ferris, Texas, on its selection as 2-9 a Texas Main Street City; and, be it further 2-10 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared for the 2-11 town as an expression of the highest esteem of the Texas 2-12 Legislature. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 67 was adopted by the Senate on April 11, 1997. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 67 was adopted by the House on May 2, 1997. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: _______________________________ Date _______________________________ Governor