Bill Text: TX SR83 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas Senate Resolution 83 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Recognizing April 18, 2023, as Navarro County Day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-04-18 - Again read [SR83 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SR83-Enrolled.html


	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 83
	WHEREAS, Proud citizens of Navarro County are coming
	together in Austin on April 18, 2023, to celebrate Navarro County
	Day at the State Capitol; and

	WHEREAS, This region of rolling blackland prairie was once
	inhabited by the Ione, Kickapoo, and Comanche, and early
	Anglo-American settlers built a fort on the Navasota River in
	1833; Navarro County was officially organized in 1846 and named
	for Jose Antonio Navarro, a hero of the Texas Revolution; and

	WHEREAS, Corsicana was founded in 1848 as the county seat
	and named after the island of Corsica, the birthplace of
	Mr. Navarro's parents; the arrival of the railroad after the
	Civil War helped Corsicana to become the region's leading
	center for the trading and shipping of cotton, grain, wool, and
	hides; and

	WHEREAS, In 1894, drillers seeking more water for
	Corsicana's growing population struck oil and gas instead,
	leading to the first oil boom and the longest continual flow of
	oil in Texas; since that initial strike, more than 200 million
	barrels of oil have been produced in the county; and

	WHEREAS, Today, Navarro County's multifaceted economy
	revolves around advanced manufacturing, information technology,
	the oil and gas industries, and agriculture, primarily the
	production of cattle, cotton, sorghum, corn, and wheat; and

	WHEREAS, Corsicana is known far and wide for its DeLuxe
	Fruitcake, a creation of the 127-year-old Collin Street Bakery;
	the town is also home to: the Navarro Pecan Company, one of the
	largest pecan-shelling facilities in the world; a Russell Stover
	candy factory; Oil City Iron Works, a foundry established in 1866
	that produces industrial parts and equipment, with over 7,000
	active patterns; and Corsicana Bedding, Incorporated, which was
	founded in 1971 as Tipton Manufacturing and is still leading the
	industry, having become one of the most solid bedding
	manufacturers in the nation; and

	WHEREAS, Notable attractions in Corsicana include the
	Lefty Frizzell Memorial and Museum, the restored Palace Theatre,
	and Pioneer Village, a re-creation of a 19th-century Texas town;
	in addition, Navarro College boasts the Cook Center Planetarium,
	one of the largest domed theaters in Texas, and the Pearce
	Museum, which contains extensive collections of Civil War
	documents and Western art; and

	WHEREAS, Residents and visitors alike enjoy abundant
	opportunities for boating, fishing, waterskiing, and other such
	pastimes, thanks to the proximity of Richland-Chambers
	Reservoir, Navarro Mills Lake, and Lake Halbert; and

	WHEREAS, Honoring their rich heritage even as they embrace
	the challenges and opportunities of the future, the citizens of
	Corsicana and Navarro County may indeed take pride in the vital
	role their community has played in the story of the Lone Star
	State; now, therefore, be it

	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th
	Legislature, hereby recognize April 18, 2023, as Navarro County
	Day at the State Capitol and extend sincere best wishes to the
	visiting delegation for a meaningful and memorable stay in
	Austin; and, be it further

	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
	prepared in honor of this special day.

	Hall



		________________________________
		President of the Senate

		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on January 24, 2023.



		________________________________
		Secretary of the Senate



		________________________________
		Member, Texas Senate