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78R19007 MMS-D

By:  Escobar                                                      H.R. No. 1917



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Citizens of Kleberg County, on the Texas coastal 
plain, can look with pride on their area's long and colorful 
history; and
	WHEREAS, At the time Spaniards first arrived in the region, 
it was inhabited by Coahuiltecan and Karankawa Indians; the first 
Europeans to sail along the county's coast were Alonso Alvarez de 
Pineda and the members of his expedition, who mapped the coastline 
from Florida to Mexico in 1519; in 1689, the Spanish explorer 
General Alonzo de Leon came upon what is now Baffin Bay in 
present-day Kleberg County while searching for the French explorer, 
La Salle; and
	WHEREAS, Spanish land grants in Kleberg County were assigned 
to ranchers as early as the 1750s; the county now boasts the famous 
King Ranch, which was established by Captain Richard King in 1853; 
and
	WHEREAS, Kleberg County was created by an act of the 33rd 
Texas Legislature on February 27, 1913, out of a portion of Nueces 
County; it was named for Robert Kleberg, whose son, Robert J. 
Kleberg, was one of the five commissioners charged with organizing 
the county; and
	WHEREAS, Contributing to the economy of the area are Texas 
A&M University--Kingsville and the Naval Air Station Kingsville, 
the training base for some of the navy's best jet fighter pilots; 
and
	WHEREAS, Kleberg County citizens are fortunate to have many 
able elected officials and public employees, who through the years 
have rendered exceptional service with little fanfare; and
	WHEREAS, The hardworking citizens of Kleberg County are proud 
of their heritage and are looking forward to meeting the challenges 
of the 21st century; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby honor Kleberg County and its elected officials, 
public employees, and citizens for their outstanding contributions 
to Texas and the United States of America.