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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Many proud citizens of Lamar County are visiting the |
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State Capitol on March 7-9, 2017, to celebrate the role this |
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Northeast Texas county has played in the annals of the Lone Star |
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State; and |
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WHEREAS, At the time of the Republic of Texas, present-day |
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Lamar County was located within the boundaries of Red River County; |
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population growth led the Fifth Congress of the republic to |
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establish Lamar County on December 17, 1840, and the current |
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boundaries were drawn 30 years later when a portion of land was |
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carved out for the creation of Delta County; and |
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WHEREAS, Lamar County's namesake was the fourth president of |
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the Republic of Texas, Mirabeau B. Lamar; the small settlement of |
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Lafayette was the first county seat, and Mount Vernon later served |
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briefly in that capacity until the town of Paris was founded on 50 |
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acres donated by George W. Wright; Paris has served as the county |
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seat since 1844; and |
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WHEREAS, At the turn of the century, Lamar County remained |
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primarily rural, and although the population of Paris had grown to |
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more than 9,000, no other community exceeded 1,000 residents; the |
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industrial economy gradually began to make gains on agriculture in |
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the 20th century as people moved into towns and smaller |
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communities, and Paris played an increasingly important role in the |
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economy of Northeast Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, Paris is a regional hub of retail trade, |
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farming, and medical care and home to Fortune 500 companies |
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Campbell Soup Company, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, and NextEra |
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Energy Resources; the city is located within an excellent |
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multimodal transportation network, and in addition to numerous food |
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and consumer goods manufacturing plants, it is home to distribution |
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centers that serve the entire nation; and |
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WHEREAS, Quality of life in Paris is enhanced by Paris Junior |
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College and several excellent independent school districts and by |
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such beautiful recreation areas as Wade Park, Lake Gibbons, Lake |
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Crook, and the Sam Bell Maxey State Historic Structure; every |
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summer, citizens enjoy the 12-mile Tour de Paris bike race and |
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concerts by the Paris Municipal Band, the oldest such ensemble in |
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the state; landmarks include the Culbertson Fountain in the |
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historic district, named "the prettiest plaza in the State of |
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Texas" by Texas Monthly magazine, and the "third largest Eiffel |
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Tower in the Second Largest Paris," a 65-foot-tall monument |
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constructed by local workers and capped, appropriately, with a |
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cowboy hat; and |
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WHEREAS, Lamar County is one of the Lone Star State's great |
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treasures, and it is indeed a pleasure to honor its residents as |
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they look forward to a bright and promising future; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize March 7-9, 2017, as Lamar County Days |
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at the State Capitol and extend to the delegation sincere best |
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wishes for a meaningful and memorable stay in Austin. |
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VanDeaver |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 214 was adopted by the House on |
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February 23, 2017, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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