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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family farms and ranches are vital to the prosperity |
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of the Lone Star State, and the Vahlenkamp farm is indeed deserving |
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of recognition for 111 years of continuous operation; and |
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WHEREAS, The 272-acre Vahlenkamp farm is part of the Texas |
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Department of Agriculture Family Land Heritage Program, which |
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honors families who have owned and continuously operated a farm or |
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ranch for a century or more; and |
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WHEREAS, The farm was established in 1904 in eastern |
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Stonewall County, near Old Glory, by John Vahlenkamp, a German |
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immigrant; his grandson, Herbert Vahlenkamp, began leasing the land |
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from his grandfather in 1946, the same year that he married, and |
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Herbert and his wife, Gladys, became the owners of the farm in 1955; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Able stewards of the land, Mr. and Mrs. Vahlenkamp |
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initially grew cotton, plowing the fields with the help of farm |
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animals and harvesting the crops by hand; today, they oversee the |
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production of wheat, hay, and cattle, and modern farm equipment |
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allows them to continue their active lifestyle after nearly seven |
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decades together; and |
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WHEREAS, In preserving their property as a working farm, the |
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Vahlenkamps have carried on their family's significant legacy, and |
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it is most fitting to honor them; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize the Vahlenkamp family for 111 years of |
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continuous operation of the family farm in Stonewall County and |
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extend to Herbert and Gladys Vahlenkamp sincere best wishes for the |
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future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Vahlenkamp as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |