House Resolution 40 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                 BY  ARNOLD and WHITAKER
  1  3    A Resolution honoring the city of Eddyville on its
  1  4 165th anniversary.
  1  5    WHEREAS, the city of Eddyville is named after its
  1  6 founder, Jabish P. Eddy, and is located on the Des
  1  7 Moines River, at the junction of Wapello, Mahaska, and
  1  8 Monroe Counties; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, in 1840, Jabish P. Eddy trekked westward
  1 10 from Warren, Ohio, to the Iowa Territory and
  1 11 established an Indian trading post on the land of the
  1 12 Sac and Fox Indian tribes; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, the Eddy trading post was a pioneer
  1 14 outpost located far west from other settlements,
  1 15 established in Chief Hard Fish's village, near the
  1 16 mouth of the Muchakinock Creek on the banks of the Des
  1 17 Moines River; and
  1 18    WHEREAS, when the Sac and Fox Indians left in 1842,
  1 19 some 10 families remained around the trading post, and
  1 20 Jabish Eddy was appointed as an Indian agent; and
  1 21    WHEREAS, in 1843 this "new purchase" land was
  1 22 opened to settlers and J.P. Eddy laid out 160 acres of
  1 23 his own land for a town plot with a public square in
  1 24 the center; and
  1 25    WHEREAS, the town, which was later named Eddyville
  1 26 and incorporated in 1857, quickly became a
  1 27 transportation hub for stagecoach, steamboat, and
  1 28 railroad traffic, as well as a terminal for the
  1 29 Western Union telegraph line; and
  1 30    WHEREAS, the population of Eddyville has grown from
  2  1 some 300 residents in 1851 to some 700 residents in
  2  2 1878 to over 1,000 residents in 2005; and
  2  3    WHEREAS, 165 years after it began as an isolated
  2  4 trading post, Eddyville is now home to a vast billion=
  2  5 dollar biotechnology complex employing over 1,000
  2  6 Iowans; and
  2  7    WHEREAS, the city of Eddyville is celebrating its
  2  8 165th anniversary with a community celebration on July
  2  9 9, 2005; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 10    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 11 That the House of Representatives recognizes and
  2 12 extends its congratulations to the residents of
  2 13 Eddyville on their city's 165th year and invites all
  2 14 Iowans to make the July celebration in Eddyville part
  2 15 of their summer plans.
  2 16 LSB 3570HH 81
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