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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 353
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WHEREAS, Proud citizens of Pearland are gathering in |
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Austin to celebrate Pearland Day at the State Capitol on |
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February 28, 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, Situated on the alluvial lowlands of |
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Brazoria County, Pearland stands at the center of a region |
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traversed by Native Americans and such famous historical figures |
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as Cabeza de Vaca, Cavelier de La Salle, and Stephen F. Austin; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Founded in 1882 as a siding switch on the Gulf, |
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Colorado, and Sante Fe Railroad, the site was originally called |
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Mark Belt after the man whose house served as a local post office; |
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in the mid-1890s the Southern Homestead Company constructed the |
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town's first building, a rail depot, and the community was |
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renamed Pearland because of the abundance of pear trees in the |
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vicinity; the depot was the town's only link to the outside |
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world and the center of town life; the combination freight and |
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passenger train known as the "Bobby Train" was the only way for |
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citizens of Pearland to travel back and forth to Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, The Galveston hurricane of 1900 destroyed |
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Pearland's fruit orchards, but the region rebounded and was |
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promoted only 10 years later by the Allison-Richey Suburban |
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Garden Company as an "agricultural Eden" where fruit could be |
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raised on a commercial scale; and |
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WHEREAS, From the mid-1960s to the present, Pearland has |
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grown from a population of 1,497 to 80,000, making it one of the |
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fastest growing cities on the Gulf Coast; the life of the city is |
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enriched with such annual events as the Winterfest in January and |
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the Silverlake Sprint Triathlon every May; and |
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WHEREAS, With the original railway depot still standing |
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as a reminder of its colorful past, Pearland looks forward to |
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an even more dynamic future, and it is appropriate to take this |
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opportunity to honor it; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, |
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80th Legislature, hereby recognize February 28, 2007, as |
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Pearland Day at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting |
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delegation best wishes for an informative and enjoyable stay |
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in Austin. |
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Jackson |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on February 28, 2007. |
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________________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |