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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the people of Mount |
| 4 | | Pulaski as they celebrate the 175th anniversary of the |
| 5 | | community; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mt. Pulaski was founded in 1836 by Jabez Capps, |
| 7 | | George Washington Turley, and Dr. Barton Robinson; it is a town |
| 8 | | of 1,800 people quietly nestled in the southeastern part of |
| 9 | | Logan County; the town was named after Count Casimir Pulaski, a |
| 10 | | Polish Brigadier General, who gave his life in the |
| 11 | | Revolutionary War; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Mt. Pulaski is home to one of two remaining |
| 13 | | original courthouses where Abraham Lincoln practiced law on the |
| 14 | | Illinois 8th Judicial Circuit from 1849 to 1854; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, In October of 1900, President William McKinley, |
| 16 | | former President Grover Cleveland, Vice President Teddy |
| 17 | | Roosevelt, and John D Rockefeller came to Mt. Pulaski for a |
| 18 | | large Republican Rally during the re-election campaign of |
| 19 | | President McKinley; they stayed overnight at the Mt. Pulaski |
| 20 | | House Hotel and 1200-1500 people attended the rally; and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, In 1910, the famous Wright Brother's |
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| 1 | | Airplane-Train Race, which started in Chicago at Washington |
| 2 | | Park, went through Mt. Pulaski to the Illinois State |
| 3 | | Fairgrounds in Springfield; Wilbur Wright's bi-plane raced an |
| 4 | | Illinois Central train, and stopped for refueling and water |
| 5 | | four blocks south of the town square; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mt. Pulaski earned the nickname "Vinegar Hill" |
| 7 | | because, prior to the repeal of the eighteenth amendment |
| 8 | | (prohibition) in 1933, Mt. Pulaski stayed "wet" longer than the |
| 9 | | surrounding "dry" towns; Mt. Pulaski had 13 prosperous saloons |
| 10 | | and a few bootleggers and the railroads brought customers into |
| 11 | | town from every direction; people would come with empty flasks |
| 12 | | and leave with full ones; upon nearing town, the conductor |
| 13 | | would call out "Vinegar Hill next stop"; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, In 1936, on the 100th year anniversary of the |
| 15 | | Village, the courthouse was established as an Illinois State |
| 16 | | historical site; therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 18 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 19 | | we congratulate the people of Mt. Pulaski on this |
| 20 | | quartoseptcentennial celebration and wish their community |
| 21 | | continued success for years to come; and be it further
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| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |