Bill Text: TX HR447 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Resolution 447

Introduced

Bill Title: Recognizing the White Ranch as the oldest Anglo-owned cattle ranch in continuous operation in Southeast Texas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Withdrawn from calendar [HR447 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HR447-Introduced.html

	88R15380 TBO-D

	By: Leo-Wilson	H.R. No. 447



	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Family farms and ranches have long been essential to
	the economy and culture of the Lone Star State, and the White Ranch
	in Chambers County is indeed deserving of recognition for its
	important role in the history of Southeast Texas; and
	WHEREAS, The White Ranch traces its origins back to 1828,
	when James Taylor White settled in present-day Chambers County and
	established the first Anglo-owned cattle ranch in Texas; the
	operation began with a stock of a dozen cattle, and over the years,
	the herd grew to some 10,000 head; a pioneer in the cattle-raising
	industry, Mr. White developed what would stand for many years as the
	industry's prime business model, trailing cattle from the ranch
	where they were raised to market; he drove his cattle along the
	Opelousas Trail to a more lucrative market in Louisiana; and
	WHEREAS, The ranch has been operated by the White family for
	many generations, and its original "Crossed W" brand is the oldest
	Texas cattle brand in continuous use; during the 1860s, James
	Taylor White II and his brother-in-law, James Jackson, built one of
	the first cattle fences at the ranch; today, James Taylor White's
	great-great-great-grandson Bill White and his wife, Katherine, are
	holding the reins, and they have continued the tradition of
	swimming their cattle across the Intracoastal Canal each fall to
	winter pasture on Bolivar Peninsula and then back in the spring; and
	WHEREAS, For nearly two centuries, the White Ranch has
	contributed to the rich heritage of Southeast Texas, and the White
	family may take great pride in all they have done to make the ranch
	one of the treasures of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
	Legislature hereby recognize the White Ranch as the oldest
	Anglo-owned cattle ranch in continuous operation in Southeast Texas
	and extend to the members of the White family sincere best wishes
	for the future; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for the family as an expression of high regard by the Texas
	House of Representatives.