HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 1-1           WHEREAS, The Texas Legislature is proud to join the citizens
 1-2     of Marshall in the joyous celebration of Marshall Days at the State
 1-3     Capitol on March 27-28, 2001; and
 1-4           WHEREAS, Located in East Texas, Marshall was settled in 1839
 1-5     and named in honor of Chief Justice John Marshall; the town, which
 1-6     is the county seat of Harrison County, was incorporated by the
 1-7     Texas Legislature in 1844; and
 1-8           WHEREAS, This charming city has the distinction of being the
 1-9     first town in Texas to have a telegraph, and by 1860 it was one of
1-10     the biggest and most prosperous cities in Texas; and
1-11           WHEREAS, The proximity of railroads enabled Marshall to
1-12     become a major East Texas hub for cotton-marketing; this, coupled
1-13     with the influx of students to Marshall University, Marshall
1-14     Masonic Female Institute, Wiley College, and Bishop College,
1-15     brought about significant growth well into the late 1800s; and
1-16           WHEREAS, After the decline of cotton production around 1930,
1-17     Marshall became a retail center, largely due to its strategic
1-18     location between Dallas and Shreveport, and featured wood and
1-19     metalworking industries; the emphasis on higher education has
1-20     always remained, and the city is home to East Texas Baptist
1-21     University, which was founded in 1914 as East Texas Baptist
1-22     College; and
1-23           WHEREAS, Marshall is most certainly a forward-looking
1-24     community, but its citizens also take great pride in preserving the
 2-1     city's historic past, as is evidenced by the numerous homes the
 2-2     town has listed in the National Register for Historic Places, and
 2-3     countless historical landmarks that have been awarded to the city
 2-4     by the Texas Historical Commission; furthermore, Marshall received
 2-5     the distinction of being named an All American City by the National
 2-6     Municipal League in 1976; and
 2-7           WHEREAS, Marshall has long been an outstanding place in which
 2-8     to live, work, and raise a family, and it is indeed a privilege to
 2-9     pay tribute to this community and its citizens at this time; now,
2-10     therefore, be it
2-11           RESOLVED, That the 77th Legislature of the State of Texas
2-12     hereby designate March 27-28, 2001, as Marshall Days at the State
2-13     Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation best wishes for an
2-14     enjoyable and informative stay in Austin.
                                                                      Sadler
         Laney                   Goodman                  Merritt
         Alexander               Goolsby                  Miller
         Allen                   Gray                     Moreno of Harris
         Averitt                 Green                    Moreno of El Paso
         Bailey                  Grusendorf               Morrison
         Berman                  Gutierrez                Mowery
         Bonnen                  Haggerty                 Naishtat
         Bosse                   Hamric                   Najera
         Brimer                  Hardcastle               Nixon
         Brown of Kaufman        Hartnett                 Noriega
         Brown of Brazos         Hawley                   Oliveira
         Burnam                  Heflin                   Olivo
         Callegari               Hilbert                  Pickett
         Capelo                  Hilderbran               Pitts
         Carter                  Hill                     Puente
         Chavez                  Hinojosa                 Ramsay
         Chisum                  Hochberg                 Rangel
         Christian               Hodge                    Raymond
         Clark                   Homer                    Reyna of Bexar
         Coleman                 Hope                     Reyna of Dallas
         Cook                    Hopson                   Ritter
         Corte                   Howard                   Sadler
         Counts                  Hunter                   Salinas
         Crabb                   Hupp                     Seaman
         Craddick                Isett                    Shields
         Crownover               Janek                    Smith
         Danburg                 Jones of Lubbock         Smithee
         Davis of Harris         Jones of Bexar           Solis
         Davis of Dallas         Jones of Dallas          Solomons
         Delisi                  Junell                   Swinford
         Denny                   Keel                     Talton
         Deshotel                Keffer                   Telford
         Driver                  King of Parker           Thompson
         Dukes                   King of Uvalde           Tillery
         Dunnam                  Kitchen                  Truitt
         Dutton                  Kolkhorst                Turner of Coleman
         Edwards                 Krusee                   Turner of Harris
         Ehrhardt                Kuempel                  Uher
         Eiland                  Lewis of Tarrant         Uresti
         Elkins                  Lewis of Orange          Villarreal
         Ellis                   Longoria                 Walker
         Farabee                 Luna                     West
         Farrar                  McCall                   Williams
         Flores                  McClendon                Wilson
         Gallego                 McReynolds               Wise
         Garcia                  Madden                   Wohlgemuth
         George                  Marchant                 Wolens
         Geren                   Martinez Fischer         Woolley
         Giddings                Maxey                    Yarbrough
         Glaze                   Menendez                 Zbranek
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.C.R. No. 228 was adopted by the House on
         March 28, 2001, by a non-record vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.C.R. No. 228 was adopted by the Senate on
         March 28, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor