Senate Resolution 15 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                       BY  ZIEMAN
  1  3 A Resolution honoring the City of Nashua on its
  1  4    sesquicentennial anniversary year.
  1  5    WHEREAS, in 1854 pioneer John Hall first built a
  1  6 log cabin on the west bank of the Cedar River near
  1  7 present day Nashua; and
  1  8    WHEREAS, the growing community was formally named
  1  9 Nashua in 1857 by two pioneer residents who originally
  1 10 came from Nashua, New Hampshire; and
  1 11    WHEREAS, Nashua was incorporated in 1869 and
  1 12 quickly grew into a bustling commercial center, with a
  1 13 Carnegie=endowed library built in 1906; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, Nashua is located in northeast Iowa on
  1 15 Highway 218 and nestled in a natural valley with Cedar
  1 16 Lake and the Red Cedar River; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, today Nashua is home to some 1,600 Iowans
  1 18 with a proud mixture of German, Irish, English,
  1 19 Norwegian, French, and American heritages; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, the city of Nashua is celebrating its
  1 21 150th anniversary with celebrations scheduled from
  1 22 June 16 through June 26, 2005; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 23    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  1 24 recognizes and extends its congratulations to the city
  1 25 of Nashua on the city's sesquicentennial year and
  1 26 invites all Iowans to make the June celebration in
  1 27 Nashua part of their summer vacation plans.
  1 28 LSB 3262SS 81
  1 29 jr:rj/gg/14
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