Full Text of HR0883 102nd 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 Roselle as | 4 | | it commemorates its 100th anniversary this fall on October 7, | 5 | | 2022; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Village of Roselle is a suburb of Chicago, | 7 | | located in both DuPage and Cook Counties; first incorporated | 8 | | in 1922 as a bedroom community, its train stop attracted | 9 | | residents commuting to work in Chicago and nearby suburbs; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The land surrounding the current Village of | 11 | | Roselle began to be settled in the early 1830s, as settlers | 12 | | moved in next to the native Potawatomi people; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Silas, Harvey, and Lyman Meacham settled the area | 14 | | now known as Bloomingdale Township as the government had been | 15 | | offering land in the area for approximately $1.25/acre; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, In 1837, Deacon Elijah Hough and his wife settled | 17 | | in the Bloomingdale area with his sons, Oramel and Rosell, and | 18 | | his daughter, Cornelia; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, In 1868, at the age of 48, Rosell Hough returned | 20 | | from a career as an alderman and a businessman in Chicago and |
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| 1 | | saw that the area had become a farming center for corn and | 2 | | flax; he opened the Illinois Linen Company on the northwest | 3 | | corner of what is now Roselle Road and Irving Park Road; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Rosell Hough was also the president of the | 5 | | Chicago and Pacific Railroad Company and was rumored to have | 6 | | spent some money to alter a land survey to show that a railroad | 7 | | line should run through Roselle, Itasca, and Wood Dale instead | 8 | | of Addison and Bloomingdale; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, It is alleged that the train schedule misprinted | 10 | | the name of the town on the rail line as "Roselle" instead of | 11 | | "Rosell", giving Roselle its current name; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Bloomingdale, including the northern Roselle | 13 | | section, held its first town meeting in 1850, although it did | 14 | | not incorporate until 1889; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, The issue of water would eventually draw Roselle | 16 | | and Bloomingdale apart, as Roselle residents were determined | 17 | | to have their own water and sewer service, but Bloomingdale | 18 | | residents did not want to pay the higher taxes needed to build | 19 | | such as system; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, At this time, the citizens of Roselle of | 21 | | Bloomingdale realized they were paying a large portion of |
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| 1 | | Bloomingdale's taxes, a product of increasing population and | 2 | | business growth; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Roselle residents decided it was time to become | 4 | | independent of Bloomingdale, and in the summer of 1922, the | 5 | | Roselle community held its last joint meeting with the Village | 6 | | of Bloomingdale; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Roselle incorporated and received its charter on | 8 | | October 7, 1922 with Herman Thiemann elected as the village's | 9 | | first president; Reuben Baker, Herman Bartles, Henry | 10 | | Haberkamp, William Thurnau, Al Roloff, and Ed Zarndt were the | 11 | | first board members, and Earl Crandall was the first village | 12 | | clerk; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Roselle has a fascinating history to commemorate | 14 | | as it reaches its 100th anniversary this fall and is | 15 | | deservedly marking the milestone with celebrations and events | 16 | | throughout the 2022 year; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 18 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate the Village of Roselle on the centennial | 20 | | anniversary of its founding, and we wish this community peace | 21 | | and success in generations to come; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the Village of Roselle as a symbol of our respect | 3 | | and esteem.
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