Full Text of HR1027 93rd General Assembly
HR1027 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to recognize milestone events for | 4 |
| cities of the State; and
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that the City of | 6 |
| Bushnell will be celebrating its sesquicentennial on August 26, | 7 |
| 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1854, before the completion of the Chicago, | 9 |
| Burlington, & Quincy Railroad, John D. Hail of Macomb sold a | 10 |
| two-third interest in the northeast quarter of section 83, 7 | 11 |
| n., 1 w., to D.P. Wells and Iverson L. Twyman, also of Macomb; | 12 |
| the three men together determined the establishment of a town | 13 |
| on that site; the first public sale of the lots in town was | 14 |
| made in May of 1854; about 70 lots were sold, for about $6,000 | 15 |
| total, the prices varying from $30 to $120 each; and
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| WHEREAS, The new town was named in honor of Hon. N. | 17 |
| Bushnell, the president of the Northern Cross Railroad at that | 18 |
| time, which later became known as the Chicago, Burlington, & | 19 |
| Quincy Railroad; and
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| WHEREAS, The three founders of the town erected the first | 21 |
| business house, which they sold to Hiram Markham, who brought | 22 |
| the first stock of merchandise to the town; William Cord, Mr. | 23 |
| Markham, and William Vickers were the first to erect dwelling | 24 |
| houses in the town; the first hotel was completed by John D. | 25 |
| Hail, and he opened it for accommodation of the traveling | 26 |
| public in the summer of 1855; and
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| WHEREAS, As the railroad was completed and the locomotives | 28 |
| began traveling through the town, Bushnell began to grow; the | 29 |
| founders of the town donated two blocks of land to the the | 30 |
| town, one on the east side of the railroad and one on the west, |
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| which served as beautiful parks; they also gave lots to | 2 |
| religious denominations that wished to build houses of worship; | 3 |
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| WHEREAS, A Library Association was organized in January of | 5 |
| 1869; at an election held March 24, 1869, the first City | 6 |
| Charter was approved; the first persons elected to be city | 7 |
| officers during April of the same year included J. B. Cummings, | 8 |
| Mayor; Manning F. West, James W. Kelly, James Ayres, James | 9 |
| Cole, William H. Oglesby, I.N. McElvain, Fisher Brown, and A.E. | 10 |
| Barnes, Aldermen; M.A. Luce, Attorney and Clerk; Joseph Parks, | 11 |
| Treasurer; and Garret Nevins, Treasurer; during the year 1876, | 12 |
| at a cost of about $20,000, the city erected a high school | 13 |
| building; therefore, be it | 14 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| congratulate the City of Bushnell on the occasion of its | 17 |
| sesquicentennial celebration on August 26, 2004; and be it | 18 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to the mayor of the City of Bushnell, Jack Promisson, | 21 |
| as an expression of our best wishes for the sesquicentennial | 22 |
| celebration.
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