House Resolution 158

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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