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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The community of Bridgeport, Texas, started from a |
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toll bridge crossing of the Trinity River for stagecoaches of the |
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Overland Mail Company, and the name "Bridgeport" was acquired from |
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the bridge that portaged the stream; and |
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WHEREAS, There is a national legislative initiative to create |
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a national Overland Mail Company trail from Tipton, Missouri, to |
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San Francisco, California, which will pass through Bridgeport, |
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Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, The city's first economy was based on the stagecoach |
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and wagon shipping activity through Bridgeport; and |
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WHEREAS, Bridgeport has celebrated its unique Butterfield |
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Stage Days for many years, and there is a long tradition in |
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Bridgeport of using a stagecoach in at least three events annually; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Bridgeport has its own Concord Stagecoach and keeps |
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it on public display; the city uses the stagecoach as a symbol and |
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an icon and plans events around its stagecoach heritage; and |
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WHEREAS, The Main Street program heritage and tourist efforts |
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in Bridgeport have been, and continue to be, centered around the |
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stagecoach theme; and |
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WHEREAS, Given Bridgeport's origins as a stagecoach crossing |
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and the continuing efforts of the city to preserve this picturesque |
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and symbolic part of its history, it is fitting that the historic |
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connection between the stagecoach and the City of Bridgeport be |
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duly recognized; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby designate Bridgeport as the official Stagecoach Capital of |
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Texas. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 11 was adopted by the Senate |
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on April 23, 2009, by a viva-voce vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 11 was adopted by the House |
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on May 24, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, one |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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