Full Text of HR0076 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Village of Palestine has reached its historic | 3 | | bicentennial year; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Palestine traces its history to 1678 and Captain | 5 | | John LaMotte, a Frenchman and member of the French LaSalle | 6 | | exploration party; he separated from his group and made his way | 7 | | down the Wabash River; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The LaMotte family diary recalls Captain | 9 | | LaMotte's words upon reaching the future Village of Palestine | 10 | | area as "the prairie to the north and the woodland to the south | 11 | | remind me of the land of milk and honey. This must be | 12 | | Palestine!"; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Sometime around 1750 a Frenchman named Joseph | 14 | | LaMotte, presumed descendant of Captain LaMotte, operated a | 15 | | trading post on high ground near where LaMotte Creek feeds into | 16 | | the Wabash River, just east of Palestine; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Around 1808 settlers began moving into the area; | 18 | | early families included the Eatons, Shaws, Waldrops, McGaheys, | 19 | | Kitchells, Brimberrys, Lagows, Newlins, Woodworths, Culloms, | 20 | | Houstons, Woods, Kennedys, Van Winkles, Parkers, and Garrards; | 21 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, By 1811 the bustling community was called LaMotte | 2 | | Settlement, and oral tradition maintains that it received its | 3 | | Land Charter on February 18th, 1811; the Settlement looked to | 4 | | the city of Vincennes, Indiana for early guidance, especially | 5 | | when hostilities erupted with Indian tribes and Fort LaMotte | 6 | | was constructed; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, During 1816 Edward Cullom and Joseph Kitchell | 8 | | decided that the area should be better organized, with streets, | 9 | | lots, and a public square; after purchasing property and | 10 | | donating many acres, the layout of the community was | 11 | | established; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, For a brief time the Settlement's name was changed | 13 | | to Mount Pleasant, but people remembered the story of Captain | 14 | | LaMotte's words and by 1818 the name "Palestine" was chosen; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The oldest settled community in Illinois, the | 17 | | historic Village of Palestine continues into the present as a | 18 | | solid community with more than 1,300 people, including some 625 | 19 | | households and 400 families, residing in the Village; | 20 | | therefore, be it | 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| 1 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 | | we congratulate the people of the Village of Palestine on this | 3 | | momentous occasion and wish them a long and prosperous future | 4 | | in the years to come; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to Mayor Patricia Schofield on behalf of the people | 7 | | of the Village of Palestine.
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