H.R. No. 246
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, On February 20 and 21, 2023, proud residents of the
  Texas Panhandle are visiting Austin for Panhandle Days at the State
  Capitol, a celebration of the rich heritage of this important
  region of the Lone Star State; and
         WHEREAS, The striking landscape of the Panhandle ranges from
  the vast grasslands and open sky of the Llano Estacado to the
  breathtaking vistas of Palo Duro Canyon and the Caprock Escarpment
  to the gently undulating rolling plains of the southeast; the
  ancient Paleo-Indians once lived here, as did members of later
  indigenous cultures, and in 1541, when the explorer Francisco
  Vázquez de Coronado passed through the area, he found a rich
  rangeland, thick with buffalo and wildlife; and
         WHEREAS, The Panhandle's distinctive shape results from
  boundaries that were established by the Compromise of 1850, and in
  the decades after the Civil War, pioneering cattlemen such as
  Charles Goodnight, James Adair, and Thomas Sherman Bugbee
  established enormous ranching empires; the arrival of the railroad
  in the late 1880s hastened the development of wheat and cotton
  farming, and the discovery of oil and natural gas in the 1920s
  further boosted and diversified the region's economy; and
         WHEREAS, Today, the Panhandle continues to prosper from
  farming and from the oil, gas, and wind industries, and
  cattle-raising remains a multibillion-dollar business, with more
  feedlots in the region than anywhere else in the nation; Amarillo,
  the Panhandle's largest city, is home to such large employers as
  Xcel Energy, Tyson Foods, Bell Helicopter, Pantex, and several
  health care systems, as well as to the Texas Cattle Feeders
  Association and the Minor League Baseball team, the Amarillo Sod
  Poodles; Pampa, the second-largest city, is a thriving center for
  petroleum and livestock, and Dalhart boasts the annual XIT Rodeo
  and Reunion and the Hilmar Cheese Company; Sunray is home to a
  Valero refinery, while Dumas and Hereford are known for cattle
  feeding and beef processing enterprises; the town of Panhandle
  serves as the county seat of Carson County and is home to a National
  Blue Ribbon School, Panhandle Elementary School, and Borger is the
  site of a Phillips 66 refinery and a Nutrien nitrogen plant; and
         WHEREAS, The Texas Panhandle is home to several renowned
  schools from K-12 grade schools to higher education institutions;
  six Texas Panhandle schools, including Happy High School, Vega
  Elementary School, Claude School, Gruver Elementary School, and
  Gruver Junior High School, were named top schools in the country and
  awarded the prestigious National Blue Ribbon School designation in
  2022; the higher educational needs of the Panhandle's residents are
  served by the nationally recognized Texas Tech University Health
  Sciences Center and West Texas A&M University, as well as Amarillo
  College, Frank Phillips College, and Clarendon College; and
         WHEREAS, The Panhandle features a variety of notable cultural
  and recreational attractions; Amarillo supports the Lone Star
  Ballet and the Amarillo Symphony, and the city's many museums
  include the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum, the Don
  Harrington Discovery Center, the Texas Air and Space Museum, the
  Amarillo Railroad Museum, the Amarillo Museum of Art, and the
  Kwahadi Museum of the American Indian; the Panhandle-Plains
  Historical Museum in Canyon houses more than two million artifacts
  that evoke the heritage of the region, while Palo Duro Canyon State
  Park hosts the outdoor musical drama Texas, which portrays the
  struggles and triumphs of area settlers in the 19th century; Dumas
  draws visitors from across the region for its Dogie Days every June,
  and Stratford, the county seat of Sherman County, hosts its popular
  Jamboree each July; and
         WHEREAS, The people of the Texas Panhandle are blessed to
  live in a region of abundant natural resources and windswept
  beauty, and they may indeed take great pride in the important
  contributions they have made and continue to make to the history,
  culture, and prosperity of Texas; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
  Legislature hereby recognize February 20 and 21, 2023, as Panhandle
  Days at the State Capitol and extend to those attending the
  celebration sincere best wishes for a memorable and meaningful
  event.
 
  Price
  Smithee
 
 
Phelan Guerra Murr
 
Allen Guillen Neave Criado
 
Allison Harless Noble
 
Anchía Harris of Anderson Oliverson
 
Anderson Harris of Williamson Ordaz
 
Ashby Harrison Orr
 
Bailes Hayes Ortega
 
Bell of Kaufman Hefner Patterson
 
Bell of Montgomery Hernandez Paul
 
Bernal Herrero Perez
 
Bhojani Hinojosa Plesa
 
Bonnen Holland Price
 
Bowers Howard Ramos
 
Bryant Hull Raney
 
Buckley Hunter Raymond
 
Bucy Isaac Reynolds
 
Bumgarner Jetton Rogers
 
Burns Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr.
 
Burrows A. Johnson of Harris Rose
 
Button J. Johnson of Harris Rosenthal
 
Cain Jones of Dallas Schaefer
 
Campos Jones of Harris Schatzline
 
Canales Kacal Schofield
 
Capriglione King of Hemphill Shaheen
 
Clardy King of Uvalde Sherman, Sr.
 
Cole Kitzman Shine
 
Collier Klick Slaton
 
Cook Kuempel Slawson
 
Cortez Lalani Smith
 
Craddick Lambert Smithee
 
Cunningham Landgraf Spiller
 
Darby Leach Stucky
 
Davis Leo-Wilson Swanson
 
Dean Longoria Talarico
 
DeAyala Lopez of Bexar Tepper
 
Dorazio Lopez of Cameron Thierry
 
Dutton Lozano Thimesch
 
Flores Lujan Thompson of Brazoria
 
Frank Manuel Thompson of Harris
 
Frazier Martinez Tinderholt
 
Gamez Martinez Fischer Toth
 
Garcia Metcalf Troxclair
 
Gates Meyer Turner
 
Gerdes Meza VanDeaver
 
Geren Moody Vasut
 
Gervin-Hawkins Morales of Harris Vo
 
Goldman Morales of Maverick Walle
 
González of Dallas Morales Shaw Wilson
 
González of El Paso Morrison Wu
 
Goodwin Muñoz, Jr. Zwiener
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 246 was adopted by the House on February
  21, 2023, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House