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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. __ 1 2 BY HOSCH 1 3 A Resolution honoring the City of Hopkinton on its 1 4 sesquicentennial year. 1 5 WHEREAS, the City of Hopkinton evolved from a 1 6 settlement which originated in the late 1840s in close 1 7 proximity to sawmills erected on the Maquoketa River 1 8 and Plum Creek; and 1 9 WHEREAS, the community experienced a rapid influx 1 10 of settlers in the early 1850s based on this 1 11 proximity; and 1 12 WHEREAS, the town newspaper, The Hopkinton Leader, 1 13 was owned at the turn of the century by Mr. Frank F. 1 14 Merriam, who later became the Governor of California; 1 15 and 1 16 WHEREAS, Lenox College was founded in Hopkinton in 1 17 1859, and is presently maintained by the Delaware 1 18 County Historical Society as a nine-building museum 1 19 complex listed on the National Register of Historic 1 20 Places; and 1 21 WHEREAS, on May 17, 1864, all but two of the 1 22 college's male students answered the call to fight in 1 23 the Civil War, resulting in the college being known as 1 24 the "Home of the Schoolboy Company"; and 1 25 WHEREAS, this participation was commemorated on the 1 26 Lenox College campus in 1865 by a Civil War monument 1 27 inscribed with the names of students who died during 1 28 the Civil War, and is remembered annually during the 1 29 community's Civil War Days celebration; and 1 30 WHEREAS, the Civil War monument was the first such 2 1 monument erected on a college campus; NOW THEREFORE, 2 2 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate 2 3 recognizes and extends its congratulations to the City 2 4 of Hopkinton on its sesquicentennial anniversary year 2 5 and for its 150 years of service to its citizens and 2 6 to the State of Iowa; and 2 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That an official copy of 2 8 this Resolution be prepared and presented to the 2 9 Honorable Mr. Dan Tucker, Mayor of the City of 2 10 Hopkinton. 2 11 LSB 3573SS 80 2 12 rn/cl/14
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