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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 410
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize the late Sammie Jean "Sweet" Estes, who has been |
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nominated for induction into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame; and |
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WHEREAS, Sweet Estes bought her first pony in 1935 with $2 |
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she found and began a career in the horse rental business in Ennis, |
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Texas, where she charged neighborhood children a nickel to ride to |
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the corner and back and a dime to ride around the block; and |
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WHEREAS, She kept on adding to her string of horses and |
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continued her business through the Great Depression; in 1941, |
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Sweet, her family, and her 15 horses moved to Denton so that Sweet |
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and her sister could attend college at North Texas Teacher's |
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College, now the University of North Texas; her riding stable |
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business paid for both girls to finish college; and |
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WHEREAS, In January of 1942, the dean of the college called |
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Sweet to his office and proposed a riding class for physical |
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education credit; she began teaching her fellow college students |
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how to ride and care for horses; she also bred registered horses |
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and sponsored Los Caballeros Riding Club at the college; and |
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WHEREAS, Sweet leased her horses to summer camps for many |
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years and served as riding director for many of them; in the 1970s |
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and 1980s, she continued to send her horses to camps in the summer |
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and took her own horse to Colorado, where she rode and camped in |
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the Rocky Mountains and eventually found her dream home; and |
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WHEREAS, Sweet Estes died on August 16, 1989; for more than |
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50 years, she introduced thousands of people to horseback riding |
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and taught young people self-reliance and the importance of |
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caring for the environment; she was an inspiration to women of |
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all ages throughout her life and demonstrated that women could |
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provide for themselves and their families; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Sammie Jean |
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"Sweet" Estes, who truly embodied the spirit of the West; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared to |
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honor the memory of Sweet Estes. |
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Nelson |
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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 March 1, 2011. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |