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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The 125th anniversary of the founding of the |
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community of Lindsay is being celebrated on March 25, 2017; and |
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WHEREAS, On that date in 1892, Lindsay's first Mass was |
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celebrated by Father Hugo Bardenhewer in the home of William |
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Flusche; this event represented the first true community gathering |
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of this German Catholic colony in Cooke County, and ever since, |
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residents of Lindsay have considered it the founding of their town; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Named for Judge J. M. Lindsay, the community was |
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established alongside the Gainesville, Henrietta, and Western |
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Railway in the location where a switching station had been built in |
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1887; settlement began after two German brothers, Anton and August |
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Flusche, signed several contracts in 1891 granting them 9,300 acres |
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of land in the area, and in October of that year, the first |
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colonists arrived; and |
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WHEREAS, A frame building was constructed to serve as |
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Lindsay's first church, and it was replaced by a brick sanctuary in |
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1903; that structure was destroyed by a tornado in 1917 but was |
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rebuilt two years later; the first school opened in 1893, and it was |
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run by the Sisters of Divine Providence until the system went public |
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in 1932; the town was officially incorporated in 1959; today, |
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Lindsay is home to about 1,000 residents, many of whom are |
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descendants of the enterprising men and women who established the |
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community in the early 1890s; and |
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WHEREAS, On this special occasion, the people of Lindsay may |
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indeed take great pride in their city's rich history as they look |
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forward to the opportunities that lie ahead; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 125th anniversary of the |
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founding of Lindsay and extend to its citizens sincere best wishes |
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for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the City of Lindsay as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |