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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 Village of | ||||||
4 | Ramsey on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of its | ||||||
5 | founding; and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, The Village of Ramsey received its name from an | ||||||
7 | early settler named William Ramsey, who
settled on what now is | ||||||
8 | known as Ramsey Creek; surveyed as a town in 1857, it started | ||||||
9 | growing when
the family of Valentine Brazil built their log | ||||||
10 | cabin; the town was incorporated May 4, 1864 and reincorporated
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11 | in 1877; Abraham Lincoln was known to ride through the | ||||||
12 | Monclovia area near Ramsey on
his way to the State capital in | ||||||
13 | Vandalia; and
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14 | WHEREAS, As Ramsey grew, so did its businesses and railroad | ||||||
15 | traffic; the I.C. Railroad was completed on
January 1, 1855 and | ||||||
16 | made Ramsey a local trading and shipping point for nearby | ||||||
17 | townships and the biggest
"railroad tie depot" on the line; as | ||||||
18 | Ramsey grew its businesses became many; it had an Apple
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19 | Evaporator Co. (supported by many nearby orchards), a hand-made | ||||||
20 | farm wagon factory, a brick plant, a
creamery, and a beaver-hat | ||||||
21 | factory to name a few; as of 1878, Ramsey's citizens could | ||||||
22 | support 6 dry
goods and grocery stores, a drug store, a | ||||||
23 | hardware store, 2 saloons, a boot shop, a hotel, a harness
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1 | factory, and Ramsey was the 2nd largest town in Fayette County; | ||||||
2 | Ramsey had its own newspaper in the
1880s named "The Ramsey | ||||||
3 | Democrat"; the "Ramsey News-Journal" had its beginnings in | ||||||
4 | 1911, was
purchased in 1912 by Julius Mueller, and remained | ||||||
5 | within the family for 100 years; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Ramsey was the first town in the State of Illinois | ||||||
7 | to see women vote when on July 10, 1891
Athilla Stoddard voted | ||||||
8 | publicly; she was 83 years old and had seen her husband and 7
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9 | children pass on before her; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Today, Ramsey citizens enjoy a State park, a golf | ||||||
11 | course, a bank, a post office, 2 restaurants,
3 grocery stores, | ||||||
12 | and a newspaper; the population exceeds 1000, and grows to over | ||||||
13 | 5000 one day-a-year due to the Lions Club Auction; Ramsey can | ||||||
14 | claim as its citizens such notable people as Glenn
Hobbie | ||||||
15 | (baseball player), H.L. Hunt (oil tycoon, who inspired the TV | ||||||
16 | series "Dallas"), and Tex Williams (a
country music singer/song | ||||||
17 | writer and actor); therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
19 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
20 | we celebrate the 150th year of Ramsey's incorporation and its | ||||||
21 | contribution to the State of Illinois; and be it further
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22 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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1 | presented to the citizens of the Village of Ramsey and Mayor | ||||||
2 | Claude
Willis.
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