Full Text of HR0055 094th General Assembly
HR0055 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The City of Arcola will celebrate its | 3 |
| Sesquicentennial Homecoming on July 9-10, 2005; Arcola was | 4 |
| incorporated in 1873; and
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| WHEREAS, One hundred and fifty years of Amazing Arcola - | 6 |
| the city that moved from the river to the railroad, had to take | 7 |
| a new name, and became famous for broomcorn, football, and | 8 |
| Raggedy Ann; and
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| WHEREAS, The City of Arcola, population 2,652, is located | 10 |
| in Douglas County; on October 22, 1855, a surveyor from Coles | 11 |
| County laid out a small piece of ground a half-mile wide, with | 12 |
| the Illinois Central Railroad cutting right through the middle, | 13 |
| and the new little settlement was called Okaw; and
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| WHEREAS, When the town of Okaw applied for a postal permit, | 15 |
| they were told there was already a town named Okaw with a post | 16 |
| office, so Okaw was renamed Arcola; and
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| WHEREAS, Arcola's Colonel Cofer brought a few bushels of | 18 |
| broomcorn seed and planted twenty acres; the seed produced a | 19 |
| fine product and many area farmers began growing fields of | 20 |
| broomcorn, making this area "Broomcorn Capital of the World"; | 21 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Johnny Gruelle, the creator of Raggedy Ann and | 23 |
| Andy, was born in Arcola and Arcola has a Johnny Gruelle | 24 |
| Raggedy Ann and Andy Museum; and
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| WHEREAS, Arcola is also the entry point to Illinois' | 26 |
| largest Amish settlement and the Illinois Amish Interpretive | 27 |
| Center and Amish country tours; and
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| WHEREAS, Arcola has a quaint downtown area with lots of |
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| unique shops and historically-restored buildings; some of the | 2 |
| churches and the library are the original buildings; Arcola is | 3 |
| home to the Arcola Purple Riders and the Famous Arcola Lawn | 4 |
| Rangers; and
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| WHEREAS, Several activities during the Sesquicentennial | 6 |
| Homecoming are being planned, along with the reopening of the | 7 |
| centennial vault; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 |
| we congratulate the City of Arcola on the occasion of its | 11 |
| Sesquicentennial Homecoming celebration; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the City of Arcola as an expression of our esteem.
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