Bill Text: TX HCR17 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Scouts BSA Buffalo Trail Council.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-12-04 - Filed [HCR17 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR17-Introduced.html
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| By: Craddick | H.C.R. No. 17 | |
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| WHEREAS, The Buffalo Trail Council of Scouts BSA is | ||
| celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In response to a lack of scouting in West Texas, the | ||
| Buffalo Trail Council was organized on November 1, 1923, and its | ||
| name reflects the presence of buffalo tracks found in the sandstone | ||
| near Big Spring; in 1948, the council acquired a 6,000-acre tract of | ||
| land in the Davis Mountains for camping, and a council service | ||
| center was purchased in 1959 in Midland following a fundraising | ||
| campaign; in addition to gifts from the Humble Pipe Line Company and | ||
| the Mobil oil company, the group received land from the American | ||
| Petrofina Corporation and a large dining hall, and over the years, | ||
| what came to be known as the Hughes Aquatic Base has been used for | ||
| programs such as aquatic camps, wood badge and University of | ||
| Scouting College of Commissioner Science courses, weekend camping, | ||
| and other training events; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, the Buffalo Trail Council encompasses more | ||
| than 30 units and its members include more than 700 scouts from | ||
| Brewster, Presidio, Jeff Davis, Culberson, Reeves, Loving, | ||
| Winkler, Ward, Ector, Andrews, Midland, Martin, Howard, Glasscock, | ||
| Mitchell, Borden, Scurry, and Sterling Counties; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Buffalo Trail Council has made a significant | ||
| difference in the lives of countless young Texans while | ||
| contributing to the betterment of the community, and it is indeed a | ||
| pleasure to join in recognizing this momentous milestone in the | ||
| group's rich history; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas, | ||
| 4th Called Session, hereby commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the | ||
| Buffalo Trail Council of Scouts BSA and extend to all those | ||
| affiliated with the group sincere best wishes for the future; and, | ||
| be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the council as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
