Full Text of HR0077 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the people of Mount | 4 | | Pulaski as they celebrate the 175th anniversary of the | 5 | | community; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mt. Pulaski was founded in 1836 by Jabez Capps, | 7 | | George Washington Turley, and Dr. Barton Robinson; it is a town | 8 | | of 1,800 people quietly nestled in the southeastern part of | 9 | | Logan County; the town was named after Count Casimir Pulaski, a | 10 | | Polish Brigadier General, who gave his life in the | 11 | | Revolutionary War; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Mt. Pulaski is home to one of two remaining | 13 | | original courthouses where Abraham Lincoln practiced law on the | 14 | | Illinois 8th Judicial Circuit from 1849 to 1854; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, In October of 1900, President William McKinley, | 16 | | former President Grover Cleveland, Vice President Teddy | 17 | | Roosevelt, and John D Rockefeller came to Mt. Pulaski for a | 18 | | large Republican Rally during the re-election campaign of | 19 | | President McKinley; they stayed overnight at the Mt. Pulaski | 20 | | House Hotel and 1200-1500 people attended the rally; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, In 1910, the famous Wright Brother's |
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| 1 | | Airplane-Train Race, which started in Chicago at Washington | 2 | | Park, went through Mt. Pulaski to the Illinois State | 3 | | Fairgrounds in Springfield; Wilbur Wright's bi-plane raced an | 4 | | Illinois Central train, and stopped for refueling and water | 5 | | four blocks south of the town square; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mt. Pulaski earned the nickname "Vinegar Hill" | 7 | | because, prior to the repeal of the eighteenth amendment | 8 | | (prohibition) in 1933, Mt. Pulaski stayed "wet" longer than the | 9 | | surrounding "dry" towns; Mt. Pulaski had 13 prosperous saloons | 10 | | and a few bootleggers and the railroads brought customers into | 11 | | town from every direction; people would come with empty flasks | 12 | | and leave with full ones; upon nearing town, the conductor | 13 | | would call out "Vinegar Hill next stop"; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In 1936, on the 100th year anniversary of the | 15 | | Village, the courthouse was established as an Illinois State | 16 | | historical site; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate the people of Mt. Pulaski on this | 20 | | quartoseptcentennial celebration and wish their community | 21 | | continued success for years to come; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the people of Mt. Pulaski as a symbol of our | 2 | | respect and esteem.
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