Full Text of HR1109 100th 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 Cambridge | 4 | | on its
dodransbicentennial anniversary (175 years) on June 9, | 5 | | 2018; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Village of Cambridge was established on June | 7 | | 9, 1843 by the Rev. Ithamar Pillsbury, who
was well known in | 8 | | the early history of the New York and New England colonies; on | 9 | | April 19, 1843, Rev.
Pillsbury deeded fractional parts of two | 10 | | 40-acre lots to the Board of County Commissioners at a special
| 11 | | meeting; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, On June 9, 1843, the court proceeded to lay out | 13 | | the town of Cambridge, a name suggested by
Judge Tillson, and | 14 | | ordered a sale of lots to take place on June 26, 1843 - the two | 15 | | lots were approximately
36 acres each; lots were sold to | 16 | | incoming immigrants coming from New York and New England, roads
| 17 | | were laid out, postal routes established, and people were | 18 | | invited to move there; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The original settlers derived entirely from New | 20 | | England or upstate New York, where many
families were only one | 21 | | generation removed from settling in upstate New York following | 22 | | the
Revolutionary War, thereby making Henry County very |
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| 1 | | culturally contiguous with New England; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, On September 5, 1843, the court contracted with | 3 | | several Cambridge residents to have the
Henry County Courthouse | 4 | | moved from Morristown to Cambridge where they were awarded $10 | 5 | | and the
use of the house for schools and other public purposes | 6 | | when not in use for the courts, for the term of
three years; | 7 | | and | 8 | | WHEREAS, The courthouse building was placed on runners and | 9 | | in two days hauled or moved by ox
teams to Cambridge, a | 10 | | distance of 12 miles, and placed at the southeast corner of | 11 | | College Square,
making Cambridge the county seat of Henry | 12 | | County; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The present courthouse, a Victorian structure of | 14 | | brick with stone, was started in 1866 and completed in 1880, at | 15 | | a cost of $77,147; the courthouse was listed on the National | 16 | | Register of Historic Places in 2004; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, The first building erected in the new county seat | 18 | | was a small unhewn log house constructed
by John Russell, | 19 | | commonly known as "Lord John", and was used as a blacksmith | 20 | | shop; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Today, Cambridge has a population of nearly 2,200, |
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| 1 | | is home to 90 businesses, including CSI
(modular home builder), | 2 | | Michlig Grain and Michlig Energy (grain drying, sale of liquid | 3 | | propane, gasoline
and diesel fuels), and Gold Star Agriculture | 4 | | Services (seed, fertilizer, spraying and fuels); it is the | 5 | | county seat of
Henry County and has the State's only asphalt | 6 | | plant owned and operated by a county government; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, For the past 159 years, the Village of Cambridge | 8 | | has been the home to the Henry County Fair,
where residents | 9 | | compete with their neighbors showing their animals and enjoy | 10 | | country entertainment,
demolition derbies, and the Henry | 11 | | County Fair Queen Contest; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Cambridge is proud to have the Gold Star FS | 13 | | Corporate Office located in their community along
with the | 14 | | Henry County Farm Bureau, which just celebrated 101 years of | 15 | | service; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, The Cambridge School District includes an | 17 | | elementary school, junior high school, and senior
high school; | 18 | | like many small communities, the community revolves around arts | 19 | | and sports practiced at
the school; in 2006, the elementary | 20 | | school was one of only 18 Illinois schools selected as a Blue | 21 | | Ribbon
School by the U.S. Department of Education; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Cambridge has five public parks offering sports, |
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| 1 | | recreation, and activities for its
residents; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Several notable figures have called Cambridge | 3 | | their home, including John Hughes (the original
Lone Ranger), | 4 | | Dan Halldorson (PGA Golfer), John Hand (Chief Justice of the | 5 | | Illinois Supreme Court),
George Allen Neeves (member of the | 6 | | Wisconsin State Assembly), and Charles Wennerstrum (Justice of
| 7 | | the Iowa Supreme Court); and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, With a village motto of "Where Agriculture, | 9 | | Business, and Education Come Together", the
Village of | 10 | | Cambridge is well poised for the next 175 years; therefore, be | 11 | | it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 | | join the many friends of the Village of Cambridge in | 15 | | congratulating them on their dodransbicentennial celebration | 16 | | and we wish them continued good fortune; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the Village of Cambridge as an
expression of our | 19 | | esteem and respect for their many accomplishments.
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