R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, Many public-spirited citizens of Seagoville are 1-2 visiting the State Capitol on March 21, 2001, to celebrate the 1-3 history of this North Texas community and the contributions its 1-4 residents are making to the Lone Star State; and 1-5 WHEREAS, The first recorded settlers in the Seagoville area 1-6 arrived in the 1860s, drawn by the fertile soil of the Blackland 1-7 Prairie, and by 1867 enough families lived here to justify the 1-8 construction of a one-room log schoolhouse; in 1876 T. K. Seago, 1-9 the town's namesake, built a general store that became the nucleus 1-10 of the growing community; and 1-11 WHEREAS, After the arrival of the Texas Trunk Railroad in 1-12 1881, Seagoville became a shipping center for cotton and alfalfa; 1-13 the steadily expanding town acquired a newspaper in 1902 and in 1-14 1914 a new movie theater; in 1926, city voters elected to 1-15 incorporate; and 1-16 WHEREAS, During World War II more than a third of 1-17 Seagoville's residents served in the armed forces; the Marine Corps 1-18 recruiting office named Seagoville "Small Town U.S.A." in 1971 and 1-19 later shot a recruiting film in its downtown district; and 1-20 WHEREAS, With the close proximity of the Dallas-Fort Worth 1-21 metroplex, Seagoville residents enjoy the best of both rural and 1-22 urban life; local schools are part of the Dallas Independent School 1-23 District, and two campuses of the Dallas Community College District 1-24 are located nearby; and 2-1 WHEREAS, Opportunities for outdoor recreation abound at the 2-2 city's parks and sports facilities, at the 500-acre DISD 2-3 Environmental Learning Center and adjacent Post Oak Preserve, and 2-4 at Lakes Ray Hubbard, Tawakoni, and Cedar Creek; each October, 2-5 Seagofest, a popular community celebration, marks the migration of 2-6 the beautiful monarch butterfly; and 2-7 WHEREAS, With well over a hundred years of steady development 2-8 behind them, the residents of this productive town are looking 2-9 forward to meeting the opportunities and challenges of the century 2-10 now dawning, and it is a pleasure to pay tribute to their civic 2-11 spirit and to the fine community they represent; now, therefore, be 2-12 it 2-13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 77th Texas 2-14 Legislature hereby recognize March 21, 2001, as Seagoville Day at 2-15 the State Capitol and extend to this delegation sincere best wishes 2-16 for continued success in the years ahead. Tillery _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 558 was adopted by the House on March 21, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House