By: Stucky (Senate Sponsor - Parker) H.C.R. No. 27
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023;
  May 2, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Administration; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 
  WHEREAS, The stagecoach, a quintessential symbol of the
  American frontier, played a pivotal role in the founding of the city
  of Bridgeport and continues to hold special significance to the
  community to this day; and
         WHEREAS, Bridgeport traces its beginnings to 1860, when a
  group organized by William H. Hunt secured a charter from the West
  Fork Bridge Company to construct a bridge that would allow
  stagecoaches with the Overland Mail Company to traverse the West
  Fork of the Trinity River; the shipment of supplies by stagecoaches
  and wagons became integral to Bridgeport's economy and helped shape
  the community's development in its early decades; and
         WHEREAS, With its annual Butterfield Stage Days Festival,
  Bridgeport has long celebrated its origin as a stop on the historic
  Butterfield Overland Mail route, which stretched from St. Louis,
  Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee, to San Francisco, California; in
  recent years, the route has garnered increased recognition for its
  historical importance, and it was officially designated as the
  Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail in January 2023; and
         WHEREAS, In addition to Butterfield Stage Days, Bridgeport
  incorporates the stagecoach into a number of other annual events,
  and the Bridgeport Visitor Center houses a replica Abbot-Downing
  Concord coach, a stagecoach originally manufactured in 1827;
  moreover, the city's efforts as part of the Texas Main Street
  Program also incorporate the stagecoach as an embodiment of
  Bridgeport's historic past and frontier spirit; and
         WHEREAS, Through its legacy as a historic transportation
  waypoint and its connection to the famed Butterfield Overland Mail
  route, Bridgeport contributed to the development of our state and
  nation, and its citizens continue to derive a special sense of pride
  and identity from their city's association with one of the West's
  most iconic symbols, the stagecoach; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas
  hereby redesignate Bridgeport as the official Stagecoach Capital of
  Texas; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section
  391.003(e), Government Code, this designation remain in effect
  until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally
  passed by the legislature.
 
 
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