Full Text of HR1260 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to extend hearty congratulations to the | 4 | | citizens of the City of Crystal Lake in McHenry County on the | 5 | | occasion of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the City's | 6 | | charter; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The City of Crystal Lake is located 50 miles | 8 | | northwest of Chicago; it is currently McHenry County's largest | 9 | | municipality; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Crystal Lake's origins can be traced to 2 separate | 11 | | communities, Crystal Lake and Nunda, both of which were | 12 | | established in the 1800s; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1836, Beman and Polly Tuttle Crandall and 6 | 14 | | children traveled from New York to Crystal Lake in a covered | 15 | | wagon; they eventually built a log cabin in the vicinity of | 16 | | what is today the intersection of Virginia Street and Van Buren | 17 | | Street; they soon discovered a sparkling clear lake, tall | 18 | | timber, and vast prairies; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, By August of 1836, the United States government | 20 | | granted homestead rights to the Crandalls; in May of 1837, | 21 | | Hajah Beardsley's family was the second to settle in Crystal |
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| 1 | | Lake; the town was first known as Crystal Ville, but prior to | 2 | | 1840 it was changed to Crystal Lake; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The Village of Crystal Lake was platted in 1840 by | 4 | | Beman Crandall, Christopher Walkup, and Abner Beardsley; the | 5 | | village had the boundaries of Virginia Street to the north, | 6 | | Lake Avenue to the south, McHenry Avenue to the east, and Dole | 7 | | Avenue to the west; an old trail, forged by the Sac and Fox | 8 | | tribes, extended from Fort Dearborn in Chicago to northwest | 9 | | Wisconsin, with the portion through Crystal Lake known as | 10 | | today's Route 14; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Village of Nunda was established in 1855 with | 12 | | the Chicago, St. Paul, and Fond du Lac railroad, the first | 13 | | direct rail connection from Chicago; the Village was platted | 14 | | later that year by local surveyor John Brink; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, In 1856, a rail spur line, which today is known as | 16 | | Dole Avenue, was built from the Village of Nunda to Crystal | 17 | | Lake to transport ice cut from the lake to Chicago and to bring | 18 | | visitors from Chicago to the area; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The Villages of Crystal Lake and Nunda were each | 20 | | incorporated in 1874; in 1908, the name of the Village of Nunda | 21 | | was changed to North Crystal Lake; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Village's first public library opened in 1913 | 2 | | with a small collection of books and magazines; today, that | 3 | | library circulates more than one million items each year; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, After several attempts to consolidate the 2 | 5 | | villages failed, on April 28, 1914, the Village of North | 6 | | Crystal Lake was finally annexed into the Village of Crystal | 7 | | Lake; a City form of government was established at that time; | 8 | | on September 23, 1914, the City of Crystal Lake Charter was | 9 | | adopted; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The City of Crystal Lake's first mayor was Mayor | 11 | | William Pinnow, who served from 1914 to 1917; a total of 16 | 12 | | mayors have presided over the City since that time; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1914, there was one public high school and one | 14 | | public grade school in Crystal Lake; today, the community's | 15 | | children attend 2 of the very best public school systems in the | 16 | | region - Elementary School District 47 and Community High | 17 | | School District 155; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In the 1920s, an aggressive street paving program | 19 | | took place under Mayors Ben Raue and Fred Mathis; the Crystal | 20 | | Lake Park District was created in 1921 out of community concern | 21 | | that public access to the lake and beach would be lost to | 22 | | private ownership; today, residents enjoy more than 1,600 acres |
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| 1 | | of parks and open space, as well as the 230-acre Crystal Lake | 2 | | for summertime fishing, boating, swimming, and wintertime ice | 3 | | fishing and skating; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, In 1929, the El Tovar Theatre was built; this | 5 | | theatre was eventually renovated to become today's Raue Center | 6 | | for the Arts; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In 1936, the City celebrated 100 years since the | 8 | | first settlers arrived in Crystal Lake; the celebration | 9 | | included a Centennial queen and court, a large parade, antique | 10 | | displays, and a pageant; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Mining for gravel began in the 1950s, amidst much | 12 | | controversy; an agreement was eventually reached where the land | 13 | | would be deeded to the City once the gravel operations ceased; | 14 | | this land was ultimately developed into today's Three Oaks | 15 | | Recreation Area; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Hundreds of homes and 5 lives were lost on April | 17 | | 11, 1965, when a devastating tornado ripped through a highly | 18 | | populated area of town; the community joined together after the | 19 | | tornado to help neighbors and to rebuild; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Beginning in the 1970s, Crystal Lake experienced | 21 | | significant changes in both its residential and business |
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| 1 | | population, with population growing from approximately 14,000 | 2 | | in the early 1970s to almost 41,000 in 2010; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, The City of Crystal Lake's City Hall was located | 4 | | at the corner of Main and Beardsley Streets until a point in | 5 | | the 1900s, when a new Municipal Complex was built on Woodstock | 6 | | Street; a large addition to the Municipal Complex was completed | 7 | | in 2004; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In 2001, the Downtown City of Crystal Lake was a | 9 | | recipient of the Governor's Hometown Award for the | 10 | | revitalization of the downtown area; in 2012, the City once | 11 | | again received the Governor's Hometown Award, this time for | 12 | | improvements to the Three Oaks Recreational area; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Today, people continue to relocate to Crystal Lake | 14 | | in search of more open space, less traffic, more affordable | 15 | | land, and safer neighborhoods; therefore, be it | 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we congratulate the City of Crystal Lake on the occasion of the | 19 | | 100th anniversary of the signing of the City's charter; and be | 20 | | it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the City of Crystal Lake's City Council as an | 2 | | expression of our congratulations.
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