SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 138

	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes pleasure
in recognizing the citizens of Walker County and in designating 
February 15, 2005, as Walker County Day at the State Capitol; and

	WHEREAS, Visitors from Walker County at the Capitol today 
include Huntsville-Walker County Chamber of Commerce representatives
and members of the 23rd annual class of the Huntsville Leadership 
Institute; and

	WHEREAS, Walker County covers 801 square miles of rolling 
hills and open prairies in the Piney Woods area in southeast 
Texas; when colonists from the United States settled in the area 
in the 1830s, Pleasant and Ephraim Gray established a trading 
post that would become the City of Huntsville; and

	WHEREAS, In 1846, the First Legislature of the State of Texas
established Walker County and designated Huntsville the seat of 
government; two years later, the county was selected as the site 
for the Texas State Penitentiary, and Sam Houston State University
was established in Huntsville in 1879; and

	WHEREAS, Huntsville is proud to be the home of Sam Houston, 
who is memorialized with a 67-foot statue on a 10-foot base; it is 
also the site of the Sam Houston Memorial Museum; other places of 
interest include the Texas Prison Museum, the HEARTS Veterans 
Museum of Texas, Huntsville State Park, and the Sam Houston 
National Forest; and

	WHEREAS, Huntsville was designated a Main Street City by 
the Texas Historical Commission in 2001, and since then, the 
historic Roberts-Farris Log Cabin has been moved to the downtown 
square and restored; the cabin now serves as a visitor center; 
and


	WHEREAS, Walker County Day at the State Capitol is an 
excellent opportunity for the Senate to recognize the county's 
rich history and its educational, economic, and cultural 
contributions to the development of this state; now, therefore, 
be it

	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
79th Legislature, hereby extend a warm welcome to the citizens 
from Walker County who have come to the Capitol this day and 
recognize February 15, 2005, as Walker County Day; and, be it 
further


	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared as an 
expression of high regard from the Texas Senate.
                                                                           Ogden




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    President of the Senate
 
    I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on February 15, 2005.



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    Secretary of the Senate



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     Member, Texas Senate