Full Text of HR1114 94th General Assembly
HR1114 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Throughout the month of July 2007, the City of | 3 |
| Tuscola will celebrate its 150th birthday; and
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| WHEREAS, The origin of the name Tuscola is a mystery but it | 5 |
| is widely accepted that the name is of Native American origin | 6 |
| and may be from the Muscogee Indian word for warrior; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, In 1835, the first settlers came to the Tuscola | 8 |
| area; and
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| WHEREAS, Tuscola was established because the Illinois | 10 |
| Central Railroad was constructed through the area in 1851 and | 11 |
| needed towns along its route to help finance the railroad; and
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| WHEREAS, A railroad charter was issued to the Decatur and | 13 |
| Indianapolis Railroad in 1855 and a company was soon formed to | 14 |
| promote the growth of Tuscola; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, The east and west railroad did not materialize | 16 |
| until July 9, 1873, and another east and west railroad, the | 17 |
| Chicago and Eastern Illinois, was completed in September, 1887; | 18 |
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| WHEREAS, Tuscola is unique because it covers the original | 20 |
| square mile of land granted by Congress to the Illinois Central | 21 |
| Railroad; and
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| WHEREAS, Tuscola was originally laid out July 19, 1857, as | 23 |
| a part of Coles County but residents of the area petitioned the | 24 |
| legislature for the creation of a new county from the northern | 25 |
| portion of Coles County; and | 26 |
| WHEREAS, The bill creating the new county passed the | 27 |
| legislature on February 16, 1859, and was named Douglas County |
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| after Stephen A. Douglas; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, Tuscola was incorporated on March 11, 1859; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, Tuscola was the home of Joseph G. Cannon, | 4 |
| Tuscola's most famous citizen, who served as Douglas County's | 5 |
| first State's Attorney and also served in the United States | 6 |
| House of Representatives from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1891, | 7 |
| and from March 4, 1893, to March 3, 1913, and served as Speaker | 8 |
| of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to | 9 |
| 1911; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 |
| we honor and recognize the City of Tuscola and its residents on | 13 |
| the 150th birthday of the city and extend our best wishes for | 14 |
| the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the Mayor of the City of Tuscola.
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