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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the city of Gibson City |
| 4 | | on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of its founding; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Gibson City was founded as a village in 1871 as a |
| 6 | | mile-square lot, which is now the intersections of IL Routes |
| 7 | | 9, 47, and 54; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, The original land was purchased by Jonathan B. |
| 9 | | Lott, who built the first home and named the village after his |
| 10 | | wife, Margaret Gibson; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, The village was incorporated in 1872 as Gibson |
| 12 | | but was later changed to Gibson City; the first trustees of the |
| 13 | | village of Gibson were J. H. Collier, S. J. LeFevre, Bruce |
| 14 | | McCormick, and W. T. Kerr, with T.D. Spalding serving as the |
| 15 | | first mayor; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Gibson City is located in Drummer Township, which |
| 17 | | was created in 1858, the second of 12 townships developed in |
| 18 | | Ford County; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, The first business in Gibson City was a grain |
| 20 | | office opened by William Moyer, who would later donate $14,000 |
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| 1 | | for a city library, the William Moyer Library, which was built |
| 2 | | in 1911; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, Gibson City's businesses were ravished by fires |
| 4 | | on January 29, 1883, but the town would rebuild and, at that |
| 5 | | time, add the Burwell Opera House, which was known to be the |
| 6 | | finest opera house in the State outside of Chicago, boasting a |
| 7 | | stage, scenery, drop curtains, and gas lighting; this historic |
| 8 | | building, while currently vacant, still stands with hopes of |
| 9 | | being occupied again in the future; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Gibson City will celebrate its sesquicentennial |
| 11 | | anniversary at North Park on May 2, 2021 with fun, food, and |
| 12 | | music; in addition, the 1971 time capsule will be opened, and a |
| 13 | | new time capsule will be buried, which will be opened in 2071; |
| 14 | | therefore, be it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 16 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 17 | | we congratulate the city of Gibson City on the 150th |
| 18 | | anniversary of its founding and wish it many more wonderful |
| 19 | | years; and be it further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to Gibson City as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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