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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY MERTZ
1 3 A Resolution honoring the city of Algona on its
1 4 sesquicentennial anniversary year.
1 5 WHEREAS, in 1851 the Third General Assembly of the
1 6 Iowa Legislature established Kossuth County, named in
1 7 honor of Lajos Kossuth; and
1 8 WHEREAS, in 1854 brothers Ambrose and Asa Call
1 9 first settled the rich farmground of Kossuth County,
1 10 near the beautiful Des Moines River; and
1 11 WHEREAS, in that year they were among the pioneers
1 12 who founded the town of Algona, named in part by Asa's
1 13 wife and in part for the Indian words "Algonquin
1 14 Waters"; and
1 15 WHEREAS, from that beginning Algona has grown into
1 16 a governmental, agricultural, and manufacturing center
1 17 of 6,000 residents, blending settlers of German,
1 18 Norwegian, Irish, and English ancestry into a single
1 19 community; and
1 20 WHEREAS, in World War II Algona played a major role
1 21 in the allied war effort by providing a detention camp
1 22 which housed, and provided care and comfort for
1 23 thousands of German prisoners of war; and
1 24 WHEREAS, even today Algona demonstrates that a good
1 25 life can be had in rural Iowa; NOW THEREFORE,
1 26 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
1 27 That the House of Representatives recognizes and
1 28 extends its congratulations to the city of Algona on
1 29 its sesquicentennial anniversary to be celebrated July
1 30 10, 2004, and for its prominent place in Iowa history
2 1 and its role in Iowa's future.
2 2 LSB 7027YH 80
2 3 jr/gg/14
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