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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the people of 
4Wadsworth on the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of the 
5Village; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, The Wadsworth area was not settled as early as 
7many other communities in Lake County; it was not until the 
8mid-1840s that people followed the upper reaches of the Des 
9Plaines River to the area's great oak groves and meadows; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, In 1873, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul 
11Railroad completed the construction of a line between Milwaukee 
12and Chicago which ran along the east bank of the Des Plaines 
13River; hoping to increase his land's value, local farmer John 
14Lux platted a village site in 1874; the "Milwaukee Road" 
15accepted the plat as a station stop, naming it Wadsworth after 
16Elisha Wadsworth, a major Milwaukee Road stockholder; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, A post office opened in Wadsworth in 1874, but the 
18station was primarily used as a milk collection point for the 
19area's numerous large dairy farms for Chicago delivery; because 
20of the large amount of clay found in the area, 2 drainage tile 
21factories and a brick factory came into operation near the 
22station by 1886; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Since much undeveloped land still remained around 
2Wadsworth in 1958, Tempel Smith, owner of Tempel Steel Company 
3of Chicago, decided to purchase 5,000 acres next to the 
4original village for Tempel Farms, home to a troupe of noted 
5Lipizzan horses; and
 
6    WHEREAS, In 1962, most residents feared the annexation of 
7the land surrounding Wadsworth, including Tempel Farms, into an 
8aggressively expanding Waukegan; Wadsworth's residents voted 
9to incorporate their village and elected Albert Heiser the 
10first village president that same year; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, The Village of Wadsworth will celebrate 
12incorporation with a 50th Anniversary Community Celebration 
13from August 17-19, 2012; therefore, be it
  
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
15NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
16we congratulate the people of Wadsworth and wish them the best 
17for the future; and be it further
  
 
18    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
19presented to Village President Glenn Ryback as a symbol of our 
20respect and esteem.