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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Proud citizens of the City of Three Rivers are |
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celebrating their city's centennial in 2013, and this milestone |
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offers a welcome opportunity to recognize the notable role this |
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city has played in the development of the Lone Star State; and |
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WHEREAS, Three Rivers traces its beginnings to July 4, 1913 |
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with a grand opening and first sale of land by Charles R. Tips, a |
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University of Texas graduate and employee of the First National |
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Bank of Seguin; he came to the Brush Country at the urging of Mrs. |
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Annie Hamilton of Cuero, who owned a tract of land where Three |
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Rivers now sits; the fledgling community was named Hamiltonburg, |
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until the U.S. Post Office insisted that the name was too similar to |
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"Hamilton", thus the change; Tips suggested Three Rivers because of |
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the nearby confluence of the Atascosa, Frio and Nueces Rivers; and |
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WHEREAS, The establishment of the Three Rivers Glass Company |
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in 1922 was one of the most significant chapters in Three Rivers' |
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history; the factory was established after the discovery of large |
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deposits of Quartzone sand just north of Three Rivers; Quartzone |
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sand is essential to the production of high-quality glass; although |
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the company had financial ups and downs, it managed to capture a |
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major share of the Texas commercial glassware market before its |
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sale to a major competitor in 1937 and its ultimate closure; |
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examples of some of the bottles and jars made in the factory can be |
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found in Three Rivers antique and collectibles shops; and |
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WHEREAS, Today Three Rivers is a prosperous community of |
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2,000, many of whom work at the Three Rivers-Valero Refinery |
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(originally Three Rivers Refinery started in 1933) or the Federal |
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Bureau of Prisons Correctional Institution; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 100th anniversary of Three |
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Rivers and extend to its residents sincere best wishes for the |
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future. |