Bill Text: TX HCR27 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Redesignating Bridgeport as the official Stagecoach Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2033.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Signed by the Governor [HCR27 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR27-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 27 | ||
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| 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. | ||
| Stucky | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 27 was adopted by the House on April | ||
| 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 27 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
| 21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
