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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The official Sesquicentennial Celebration of the |
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| Village of Clay City will take place September 9-11, 2005; the |
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| Village of Clay City was established in 1855; and
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| WHEREAS, Clay City, population 1,000, is located in Clay |
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| County; in 1810, John McCawley and a companion were traveling |
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| west from Vincennes, Indiana, along the old Buffalo Trace, when |
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| one of their horses died; Mr. McCawley built a cabin on the |
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| west bank of the Little Wabash River just south and east of |
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| Clay City and later built a stage coach stop and trading center |
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| on the location, which was known as McCawley's Tavern; and
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| WHEREAS, Clay County was created by an act of the |
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| legislature on December 23, 1824; on Tuesday, March 8, 1825, at |
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| John McCawley's place, the first county commissioners' court |
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| assembled for the new county of Clay; in 1825, Daniel May |
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| donated 20 acres of land, just over 2 miles west of McCawley's |
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| Tavern, to the county; this area had been known as |
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| Hubbardsville but was changed to Maysville; the first Clay |
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| County court house was built on the land donated by Mr. May; |
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| the spring term of court in 1841 was the last held at the old |
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| county seat; the fall term was held at the new and present |
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| county seat, Louisville; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1855, after the 0 & M Railroad was located |
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| about 1 mile north of Maysville, Clay City was established on |
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| the north side of the tracks; the business district soon |
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| developed to the south of the tracks where it is presently |
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| located; Maysville was made a part of the Village of Clay City |
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| in 1862; and
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| WHEREAS, Clay City served as a trading center for the |
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| surrounding countryside; farmers could bring their produce to |
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| town and trade it for dry goods and other things and very |