Full Text of HR0553 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Village of Monee on | 4 | | the occasion of the 150th anniversary of its founding by | 5 | | Augustus Herbert in 1853; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, In 1832, the Treaty of Camp Tippecanoe with the | 7 | | Pottawatomie resulted in a gift of property to the five | 8 | | daughters of Marie LeFevre Bailly, who was of half-French, | 9 | | half-Ottawa descent, and her husband, Joseph Bailly; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, While young Marie LeFevre Bailly was called | 11 | | "Mah-ree" by the French, the Ottawa had no corresponding sound | 12 | | for the letter "r" in their dialect, thus calling the little | 13 | | girl "Mah-nee", and the area and later village were named | 14 | | Monee in her honor; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, In 1851, William Ogden, the first Mayor of | 16 | | Chicago and leading investor in the Illinois Central Railroad | 17 | | Company, purchased the property from the Bailly family for | 18 | | five dollars an acre; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, In 1853, the Village of Monee was platted for | 20 | | founder August Herbert, who had obtained 160 acres in 1849 | 21 | | under a land warrant granted to him for services in the Mexican |
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| 1 | | War; he then sold a tract of 40 acres of his initial 160 to the | 2 | | Illinois Central Railroad Company, which was also platted, | 3 | | with both tracts of land forming the Village of Monee; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, That same year, the Illinois Central Railroad | 5 | | established a station at Monee, and that station led to the | 6 | | growth of the town, which soon boasted a general store, a | 7 | | schoolhouse, and a grain warehouse with several elevators; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, A little over two decades later, the Village of | 9 | | Monee was incorporated on November 9, 1874; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, In 1905, the Village of Monee hosted its first | 11 | | Monee District Fair, which later evolved into the annual Fall | 12 | | Fest, the Monee Review newspaper was established, and a new | 13 | | schoolhouse was constructed; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, In the 1950s, the Village of Monee's fire | 15 | | department purchased land, which would eventually become | 16 | | Firemen's Park, the American Legion Auxiliary established a | 17 | | post, the first elementary school was built, Crete-Monee High | 18 | | School was constructed and started classes, gas lines were | 19 | | introduced, the construction of Interstate 57 was announced, | 20 | | and the current post office opened; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, In 1974, the Village of Monee celebrated its |
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| 1 | | centennial with a number of events and activities, including a | 2 | | parade, a play, the publication of a historical book, and the | 3 | | burial of a time capsule; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, In 2016, the Village of Monee's Monee Creamery | 5 | | was granted Will County landmark status for it being one of the | 6 | | last creamery structures in the county constructed out of | 7 | | local Lockport limestone, achieving said status thanks to the | 8 | | efforts made by the Save the Creamery Foundation, which | 9 | | evolved into the Monee Historical Society; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, With over 5,000 residents, multiple local and | 11 | | global businesses, and the cohesive Monee's Alliance of | 12 | | Churches (MAC), the Village of Monee has ample reason to | 13 | | commemorate the achievements and legacy of the past 150 years, | 14 | | while also eagerly anticipating the promising future that lies | 15 | | ahead; therefore, be it | 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we congratulate the Village of Monee on the 150th anniversary | 19 | | of its founding; and be it further | 20 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the Village of Monee and the Monee Historical | 22 | | Society as an expression of our esteem and respect. |
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