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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Citizens of Loving County are assembling at the |
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State Capitol on March 31, 2011, to celebrate the importance of |
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their home to the history of the Lone Star State; and |
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WHEREAS, The geographically smallest county in the Permian |
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Basin, Loving County lies to the east of the Pecos River in the |
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Chihuahuan Desert along the Texas-New Mexico border; its 671 square |
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miles of plains and rolling hills were carved out of Tom Green |
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County in 1887 and named in honor of Oliver Loving, an early Texas |
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cattleman; organized in 1893, the county was deorganized by the |
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state legislature four years later and attached to Reeves County; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In 1931, Loving County became the only Texas county |
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to be organized twice; its fortunes had risen with the discovery of |
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oil in the 1920s and the founding of the town of Ramsey; new |
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residents came to the community from the nearby settlement of |
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Porterville and beyond; as the county seat, Ramsey was soon given |
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the name of Mentone, which originally designated the old, abandoned |
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county seat 12 miles to the north; the historic Loving County |
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Courthouse was built in Mentone in 1936; and |
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WHEREAS, Cattle ranching has remained an important part of |
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the county's economy since the 1800s, but oil and gas production are |
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the primary industry; Mentone, the only town, serves as a supply |
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center for neighboring oil fields; its population of about a dozen |
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is roughly the same as when the county was first founded, and Loving |
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County, with 82 people, ranks as the least populated in the nation; |
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the wide-open spaces of Western songs are no mere memory here, and |
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the abundant wildlife includes quail, deer, javelinas, bobcats, |
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coyotes, and armadillos; and |
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WHEREAS, Loving County retains the rugged beauty and ranching |
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traditions of our state's pioneer days, and its residents can |
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indeed take pride in the uniqueness of their county and its |
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heritage; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize March 31, 2011, as Loving County Day |
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at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation sincere |
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best wishes for a meaningful and memorable stay in Austin. |
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Gallego |
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| Straus |
Gonzales of Williamson |
Morrison |
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| Aliseda |
Gonzalez |
Munoz, Jr. |
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| Anderson of Dallas |
Hancock |
Orr |
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| Anderson of McLennan |
Hardcastle |
Otto |
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| Beck |
Harper-Brown |
Patrick |
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| Bohac |
Hernandez Luna |
Pena |
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| Burkett |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Pitts |
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| Burnam |
Howard of Travis |
Price |
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| Button |
Huberty |
Quintanilla |
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| Callegari |
Hunter |
Reynolds |
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| Christian |
Keffer |
Schwertner |
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| Coleman |
King of Parker |
Scott |
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| Cook |
King of Taylor |
Sheets |
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| Craddick |
King of Zavala |
Sheffield |
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| Creighton |
Kleinschmidt |
Shelton |
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| Crownover |
Kolkhorst |
Simpson |
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| Darby |
Kuempel |
Smith of Harris |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Landtroop |
Smith of Tarrant |
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| J. Davis of Harris |
Larson |
Smithee |
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| S. Davis of Harris |
Laubenberg |
Solomons |
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| Driver |
Legler |
Taylor of Collin |
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| Dukes |
Lewis |
Taylor of Galveston |
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| Farias |
Mallory Caraway |
Veasey |
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| Frullo |
Martinez Fischer |
Weber |
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| Giddings |
Miller of Comal |
Zedler |
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| Gonzales of Hidalgo |
Miller of Erath |
Zerwas |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1120 was adopted by the House on April |
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14, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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