Bill Text: IL HR0077 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the people of Mount Pulaski as they celebrate the 175th anniversary of the community.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-02-17 - Resolution Adopted [HR0077 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0077-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the people of Mount | ||||||
| 4 | Pulaski as they celebrate the 175th anniversary of the | ||||||
| 5 | community; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Mt. Pulaski was founded in 1836 by Jabez Capps, | ||||||
| 7 | George Washington Turley, and Dr. Barton Robinson; it is a town | ||||||
| 8 | of 1,800 people quietly nestled in the southeastern part of | ||||||
| 9 | Logan County; the town was named after Count Casimir Pulaski, a | ||||||
| 10 | Polish Brigadier General, who gave his life in the | ||||||
| 11 | Revolutionary War; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Mt. Pulaski is home to one of two remaining | ||||||
| 13 | original courthouses where Abraham Lincoln practiced law on the | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois 8th Judicial Circuit from 1849 to 1854; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, In October of 1900, President William McKinley, | ||||||
| 16 | former President Grover Cleveland, Vice President Teddy | ||||||
| 17 | Roosevelt, and John D Rockefeller came to Mt. Pulaski for a | ||||||
| 18 | large Republican Rally during the re-election campaign of | ||||||
| 19 | President McKinley; they stayed overnight at the Mt. Pulaski | ||||||
| 20 | House Hotel and 1200-1500 people attended the rally; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, In 1910, the famous Wright Brother's | ||||||
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| 1 | Airplane-Train Race, which started in Chicago at Washington | ||||||
| 2 | Park, went through Mt. Pulaski to the Illinois State | ||||||
| 3 | Fairgrounds in Springfield; Wilbur Wright's bi-plane raced an | ||||||
| 4 | Illinois Central train, and stopped for refueling and water | ||||||
| 5 | four blocks south of the town square; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Mt. Pulaski earned the nickname "Vinegar Hill" | ||||||
| 7 | because, prior to the repeal of the eighteenth amendment | ||||||
| 8 | (prohibition) in 1933, Mt. Pulaski stayed "wet" longer than the | ||||||
| 9 | surrounding "dry" towns; Mt. Pulaski had 13 prosperous saloons | ||||||
| 10 | and a few bootleggers and the railroads brought customers into | ||||||
| 11 | town from every direction; people would come with empty flasks | ||||||
| 12 | and leave with full ones; upon nearing town, the conductor | ||||||
| 13 | would call out "Vinegar Hill next stop"; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, In 1936, on the 100th year anniversary of the | ||||||
| 15 | Village, the courthouse was established as an Illinois State | ||||||
| 16 | historical site; therefore, be it
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| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 18 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 19 | we congratulate the people of Mt. Pulaski on this | ||||||
| 20 | quartoseptcentennial celebration and wish their community | ||||||
| 21 | continued success for years to come; and be it further
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| 22 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
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| 1 | presented to the people of Mt. Pulaski as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 2 | respect and esteem.
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