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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Robert Ridgway was an internationally known |
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| scientist, explorer, ornithologist, naturalist, inventor, |
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| author, and artist; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Ridgway served with the Smithsonian |
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| Institution for 62 years and was Zoologist for the USGS 40th |
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| Parallel Expedition and the Harriman Expedition in Alaska; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Ridgway ranks with John James Audubon, |
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| Daniel Boone, Thomas Edison, the Wright Brothers, and John C. |
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| Fremont for his accomplishments and explorations for America |
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| and the world; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois State Historical Society and the |
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| Illinois Department of Transportation in 1967 erected a |
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| historical sign 1.5 miles east of the Fox River Bridge, along |
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| U.S. Route 50, to honor Robert Ridgway; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| CONCURRING HEREIN, that the U.S. Route 50 Fox River Bridge, |
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| west of the City of Olney in Richland County, be designated the |
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| Robert Ridgway Bridge; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation |
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| is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with |
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| State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs |
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| giving notice of the name; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to |
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| the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation; the |
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| Secretary of the Illinois Department of transportation; the |
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| mayor of the City of Olney; and the Richland County Board.
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