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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 741
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to pay |
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tribute to the late J. Frank Dobie, who is being inducted into the |
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Frontier Times Museum Hall of Honor in Bandera on July 25, 2009; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The Frontier Times Museum was established in 1933 |
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by J. Marvin Hunter to showcase the exploits of the pioneers |
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whose courage and strength of character played a major role in |
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the opening of the West and the creation of the icon known as the |
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true Texan; and |
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WHEREAS, J. Frank Dobie was an author, professor, and |
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lecturer who was among the first to recognize that the stories of |
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cowboys and vaqueros were as valid a form of literature as the |
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stories of such authors as Cervantes and Chaucer; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Dobie's pioneering work in collecting the |
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stories of the southwest helped create a renewed pride in our |
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state's history and traditions, and his belief in a liberated |
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mind set an indelible example for generations of men and women of |
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letters; and |
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WHEREAS, J. Frank Dobie embodied the principles and |
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courage exhibited by the early pioneers memorialized in the |
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Frontier Times Museum, and it is truly fitting that he be given |
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this singular honor on July 25, 2009, the National Day of the |
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American Cowboy; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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Legislature, hereby honor the life and work of J. Frank Dobie; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in |
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grateful acknowledgement of his life and work. |
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Uresti |
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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 April 27, 2009. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |