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H.R. No. 773
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The community of Escobares in Starr County has a
colorful history dating back to 1753, when Jose Miguel Antonio
Ramirez and Maria Rita Lopez de Jaen first arrived in the area and
petitioned the King of Spain for land in the area; and
WHEREAS, The King of Spain acquiesced to the request in 1767
and the grant for the area named Rancho Santa Getrudis was accepted
by Jose Maria Escobar y Rocha, the adopted son of Jose Miguel
Antonio Ramirez, and his wife, Maria Antonio Getrudis Chapa y Lopez
de Jaen, the daughter of Maria Rita Lopez de Jaen, in June of 1767
after both original applicants for the land grant died before it was
approved; and
WHEREAS, Rancho Santa Getrudis, designated as the porcion 76,
old jurisdiction of the Villa de Mier Nuevo Santander, Nueva
Espana, has been known by many names, as its inhabitants have lived
under six flags for over 250 years; those names include Rancho San
Antonio, Rancho Cacaruttas, Rancho San Jose, Rancho Capal, Rancho
Los Cueros, Rancho Escobares, the town of Escobares, and as of
October 22, 2005, the City of Escobares; and
WHEREAS, Escobares today has a population of over 2,000
citizens and is located between the Rio Grande and U.S. Highway 83,
a mile east of Roma-Los Saenz in south central Starr County, and has
expanded to fill the area between Roma and Garceño; it is in the
original Spanish land grants of the Mier jurisdiction given north
of the Rio Grande to José de Escandón's colonists in the mid-18th
century; and
WHEREAS, The citizens of Escobares have formed their new city
government and elected a mayor and board of aldermen to represent
the electorate and conduct the duties and requirements of municipal
government, including Mayor Noel Escobar and Aldermen Ricardo Pena,
Gloria E. Alvarez, Baldemar Escobar, Roberto Luis Naranjo, and
Delma Trevino; and
WHEREAS, Our fellow member of the Texas House of
Representatives, Juan Escobar, is a descendant of the founders of
current day Escobares; and
WHEREAS, The people of the City of Escobares, with great
pride in the continued growth and development of their community,
have set Saturday, May 20, 2006, as a day of celebration to rejoice
in their new status as a city under the laws of the State of Texas;
and
WHEREAS, The elected members of the city government will be
presented to the public on May 20, 2006, and there will be parades,
speeches, and many gatherings to observe the events of the day; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby salute the new elected
officials and the citizens of Escobares for their continuing
efforts to improve and develop their special part of the great State
of Texas.
Guillen
Escobar
Craddick Giddings McReynolds
Allen Gonzales Menendez
Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Merritt
Anchia Goodman Miller
Anderson Goolsby Moreno
Bailey Griggs Morrison
Berman Grusendorf Mowery
Blake Guillen Naishtat
Bohac Haggerty Nixon
Bonnen Hamilton Noriega
Branch Hamric Oliveira
Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Olivo
Brown of Brazos Harper-Brown Orr
Burnam Hartnett Otto
Callegari Hegar Paxton
Campbell Hernandez Pena
Casteel Herrero Phillips
Castro Hilderbran Pickett
Chavez Hill Pitts
Chisum Hochberg Puente
Coleman Hodge Quintanilla
Cook of Navarro Homer Raymond
Cook of Colorado Hope Reyna
Corte Hopson Riddle
Crabb Howard of Fort Bend Ritter
Crownover Howard of Travis Rodriguez
Davis of Harris Hughes Rose
Davis of Dallas Hunter Seaman
Dawson Hupp Smith of Tarrant
Delisi Isett Smith of Harris
Denny Jackson Smithee
Deshotel Jones of Lubbock Solis
Driver Jones of Dallas Solomons
Dukes Keel Strama
Dunnam Keffer of Dallas Straus
Dutton Keffer of Eastland Swinford
Edwards King of Parker Talton
Eiland King of Zavala Taylor
Eissler Kolkhorst Thompson
Elkins Krusee Truitt
England Kuempel Turner
Escobar Laney Uresti
Farabee Laubenberg Van Arsdale
Farrar Leibowitz Veasey
Flores Luna Villarreal
Flynn Madden Vo
Frost Martinez West
Gallego Martinez Fischer Wong
Gattis McCall Woolley
Geren McClendon Zedler
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 773 was adopted by the House on May
15, 2006, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House