H.R. No. 198

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, On February 11 and 12, 2025, 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
	WHEREAS, The Texas Panhandle is home to more than 60 school
	districts in a 26,000-square-mile area; the higher educational
	needs of the area'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 fortunate 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 culture and
	prosperity of Texas; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas
	Legislature hereby recognize February 11 and 12, 2025, as Panhandle
	Days at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the visiting
	delegation.
	Smithee
	Fairly
	King
	Burrows Guerra Morales Shaw
	Alders Guillen Morgan
	Allen Harless Muñoz
	Anchía Harris Noble
	Ashby Harris Davila Olcott
	Barry Harrison Oliverson
	Bell of Kaufman Hayes Ordaz
	Bell of Montgomery Hefner Orr
	Bernal Hernandez Patterson
	Bhojani Hickland Paul
	Bonnen Hinojosa Perez of El Paso
	Bowers Holt Perez of Harris
	Bryant Hopper Phelan
	Buckley Howard Pierson
	Bucy Hull Plesa
	Bumgarner Hunter Raymond
	Button Isaac Reynolds
	Cain Johnson Richardson
	Campos Jones of Dallas Rodríguez Ramos
	Canales Jones of Harris Romero
	Capriglione Kerwin Rose
	Cole King Rosenthal
	Collier Kitzman Schatzline
	Cook LaHood Schofield
	Cortez Lalani Schoolcraft
	Craddick Lambert Shaheen
	Cunningham Landgraf Shofner
	Curry Leach Simmons
	Darby Leo Wilson Slawson
	A. Davis of Dallas Little Smithee
	Y. Davis of Dallas Longoria Spiller
	Dean Lopez of Bexar Swanson
	DeAyala Lopez of Cameron Talarico
	Dorazio Louderback Tepper
	Dutton Lowe Thompson
	Dyson Lozano Tinderholt
	Fairly Lujan Toth
	Flores Luther Troxclair
	Frank Manuel Turner
	Gámez Martinez VanDeaver
	Garcia of Bexar Martinez Fischer Vasut
	Garcia of Dallas McLaughlin Villalobos
	Garcia Hernandez McQueeney Virdell
	Gates Metcalf Vo
	Gerdes Meyer Walle
	Geren Meza Ward Johnson
	Gervin-Hawkins Money Wharton
	González of Dallas Moody Wilson
	González of El Paso Morales of Harris Wu
	Goodwin Morales of Maverick Zwiener
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 198 was adopted by the House on February
	12, 2025, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House