Freestone County, Texas
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Texas House
Resolution #465

H.R. No. 465



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Residents of Streetman are celebrating the 100th 
anniversary of this East Texas town in 2006, providing an ideal time 
to reflect on its first century of existence; and
	WHEREAS, Straddling the Freestone and Navarro County line, 
the community dates back to 1905, when it was established as a 
station on the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway; named for Judge 
Sam Streetman of Houston, a railroad surveyor, the town began to be 
settled in 1906; and
	WHEREAS, By the time of its incorporation eight years later, 
Streetman boasted a population of 600, a post office, a newspaper, a 
dry goods store, two cotton gins, three churches, a lumberyard, two 
blacksmith shops, several other businesses, and a school; and
	WHEREAS, Over the next 10 decades, Streetman has weathered 
many changes and challenges, and today area Texans may take 
justifiable pride in this community and in the unique contributions 
it has made to the history of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, 
be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate the citizens 
of Streetman on the 100th anniversary of the founding of their 
community and extend to them sincere best wishes for the future.

                                                 Smith of Tarrant

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                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 465 was adopted by the House on May 
12, 2006, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House