Bill Text: TX SR64 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the induction of the Wallace Farm into the Texas Department of Agriculture Family Land Heritage Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-31 - Reported enrolled [SR64 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR64-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The prosperity of the Lone Star State has been | ||
| greatly influenced by family farming and ranching, and the | ||
| Wallace Farm in Bell County has been officially recognized for | ||
| its role in this proud tradition with its acceptance into the | ||
| state's Family Land Heritage Program in 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Sponsored by the Texas Department of Agriculture, | ||
| this program honors farms and ranches that have been in | ||
| continuous agricultural operation by the same family for a | ||
| century or more; established in 1873, the Wallace Farm is | ||
| currently owned and operated by Laura W. Bergin and Christine W. | ||
| Stockwell; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The farm's founder, John Armstrong Wallace, was a | ||
| native of Tennessee who moved with his family to Texas as a child; | ||
| in 1873, he and his wife, Amanda Wallace, acquired 280 acres of | ||
| land; there, they built their home and developed a ranch and | ||
| farm, where they raised livestock and grew cotton, corn, oats, | ||
| and wheat; they became the parents of 11 children, several of | ||
| whom remained on the land; after the elder Mr. Wallace's passing | ||
| in 1948, ownership of the farm was transferred to his youngest | ||
| son, Wofford Garrison Wallace, who resided there and continued to | ||
| raise livestock and cultivate crops on the property alongside his | ||
| sisters, Amanda and Anna Belle; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Wofford Wallace passed away in 1972, and his older | ||
| brother, Henry Clay Wallace, assumed ownership of the farm, which | ||
| was subsequently divided between his sons, Henry and Joseph; | ||
| since the death of Henry Wallace Jr. in 2014, his daughters Laura | ||
| and Christine have tended to the remaining 140 acres, where they | ||
| currently grow corn; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In preserving their property as a working farm, | ||
| Laura Bergin and Christine Stockwell are making their own | ||
| contribution to their family's legacy, and it is indeed fitting | ||
| that they be honored for their outstanding stewardship; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Laura W. | ||
| Bergin and Christine W. Stockwell on the induction of the Wallace | ||
| Farm into the Texas Department of Agriculture Family Land | ||
| Heritage Program and extend to them sincere best wishes for the | ||
| future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Bergin and Ms. Stockwell as an expression of | ||
| high regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Flores | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on October 31, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
