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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the people of Mount
4Pulaski as they celebrate the 175th anniversary of the
5community; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Mt. Pulaski was founded in 1836 by Jabez Capps,
7George Washington Turley, and Dr. Barton Robinson; it is a town
8of 1,800 people quietly nestled in the southeastern part of
9Logan County; the town was named after Count Casimir Pulaski, a
10Polish Brigadier General, who gave his life in the
11Revolutionary War; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Mt. Pulaski is home to one of two remaining
13original courthouses where Abraham Lincoln practiced law on the
14Illinois 8th Judicial Circuit from 1849 to 1854; and
 
15    WHEREAS, In October of 1900, President William McKinley,
16former President Grover Cleveland, Vice President Teddy
17Roosevelt, and John D Rockefeller came to Mt. Pulaski for a
18large Republican Rally during the re-election campaign of
19President McKinley; they stayed overnight at the Mt. Pulaski
20House Hotel and 1200-1500 people attended the rally; and
 
21    WHEREAS, In 1910, the famous Wright Brother's

 

 

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1Airplane-Train Race, which started in Chicago at Washington
2Park, went through Mt. Pulaski to the Illinois State
3Fairgrounds in Springfield; Wilbur Wright's bi-plane raced an
4Illinois Central train, and stopped for refueling and water
5four blocks south of the town square; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Mt. Pulaski earned the nickname "Vinegar Hill"
7because, prior to the repeal of the eighteenth amendment
8(prohibition) in 1933, Mt. Pulaski stayed "wet" longer than the
9surrounding "dry" towns; Mt. Pulaski had 13 prosperous saloons
10and a few bootleggers and the railroads brought customers into
11town from every direction; people would come with empty flasks
12and leave with full ones; upon nearing town, the conductor
13would call out "Vinegar Hill next stop"; and
 
14    WHEREAS, In 1936, on the 100th year anniversary of the
15Village, the courthouse was established as an Illinois State
16historical site; therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
19we congratulate the people of Mt. Pulaski on this
20quartoseptcentennial celebration and wish their community
21continued success for years to come; and be it further
 
22    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

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1presented to the people of Mt. Pulaski as a symbol of our
2respect and esteem.