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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to recognize the Original Springs
4Hotel in Okawville on the occasion of its 150th anniversary;
5and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Original Springs Hotel was established in 1867
7by Rudolph Plegge and C.H. Helle as a small bathhouse, which
8was opened in response to tests that yielded abnormally high
9mineral content in the water around the area; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The Original Springs Hotel is the only continually
11operating mineral spring in the State of Illinois; and
 
12    WHEREAS, The Original Springs Hotel boasts 38 guest rooms,
13a restaurant, a pool, and a mineral spa; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The Original Springs Hotel is on the National
15Register of Historic Places; therefore, be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
17HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
18recognize the Original Springs Hotel in Okawville on its
19150-year history and we wish them success and prosperity in the
20future; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the staff of the Original Springs Hotel as a
3symbol of our esteem and respect.