Full Text of HR0910 94th General Assembly
HR0910 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that the 175th | 3 |
| anniversary of the founding of Coles County occurred in | 4 |
| December of 2005; on December 25, 1830, the Illinois State | 5 |
| Legislature granted the petition to form Coles County in | 6 |
| east-central Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Between 1820 and 1840, two migrations settled in | 8 |
| Illinois; the group from New York and New England settled | 9 |
| Northern Illinois, and the group from the Ohio and Wabash River | 10 |
| Valleys settled in Southern Illinois, including what is now | 11 |
| Coles County; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, The first permanent settlement in Coles County | 13 |
| occurred in 1824 in Hutton Township near the Embarras River; in | 14 |
| that year, a small group of men from Crawford County decided to | 15 |
| settle there; one of the early settlers, Benjamin Parker, built | 16 |
| his cabin on the east bank of the Embarras River; in 1826, he | 17 |
| moved to the present site of Charleston and was joined by other | 18 |
| settlers, thus forming a permanent settlement; and
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| WHEREAS, It was the location of that permanent settlement | 20 |
| that was chosen to serve as the county seat for the new county; | 21 |
| named Charleston for another early settler, Charles Morton, the | 22 |
| land for the first county courthouse was 40 acres, 20 each | 23 |
| donated by Mr. Parker and Mr. Morton; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, Coles County was previously a part of Crawford | 25 |
| County, which stretched from its current location to the | 26 |
| northern State line, covering about a third of Illinois; the | 27 |
| county got its name from Edward Coles, second governor of | 28 |
| Illinois known for his anti-slavery sentiments; at the time, | 29 |
| Coles County included what are now Cumberland and Douglas | 30 |
| counties; and
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| WHEREAS, Today most Coles County workers are employed in | 2 |
| agriculture and industry; business, transportation facilities, | 3 |
| an airport, and favorable factory sites have influenced the | 4 |
| development of industry in the county; the Mattoon area has | 5 |
| about 20 manufacturing and business firms with heavy | 6 |
| employment; the Charleston area has about 15; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, A celebration of the 175th anniversary of Coles | 8 |
| County's founding is being planned for Charleston's Fourth of | 9 |
| July celebration; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 |
| we congratulate the citizens of Coles County on the occasion of | 13 |
| the 175th anniversary of the county's founding; and be it | 14 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the Coles County Board as an expression of our | 17 |
| esteem and with best wishes for a fruitful future.
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