TITLE: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the City of Three Rivers.

SUMMARY: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the City of Three Rivers.

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WHEREAS, Proud citizens of the City of Three Rivers are celebrating their city's centennial in 2013, and this milestone offers a welcome opportunity to recognize the notable role this city has played in the development of the Lone Star State; and WHEREAS, Three Rivers traces its beginnings to July 4, 1913, with a grand opening and first sale of land by Charles R. Tips, a University of Texas graduate and employee of the First National Bank of Seguin; he came to the Brush Country at the urging of Mrs. Annie Hamilton of Cuero, who owned a tract of land where Three Rivers now sits; the fledgling community was named Hamiltonburg, until the U.S. Post Office insisted that the name was too similar to "Hamilton," thus the change; Tips suggested Three Rivers because of the nearby confluence of the Atascosa, Frio, and Nueces Rivers; and WHEREAS, The establishment of the Three Rivers Glass Company in 1922 was one of the most significant chapters in Three Rivers' history; the factory was established after the discovery of large deposits of Quartzone sand just north of Three Rivers; Quartzone sand is essential to the production of high-quality glass; although the company had financial ups and downs, it managed to capture a major share of the Texas commercial glassware market before its sale to a major competitor in 1937 and its ultimate closure; examples of some of the bottles and jars made in the factory can be found in Three Rivers antique and collectibles shops; and WHEREAS, Today Three Rivers is a prosperous community of 2,000, many of whom work at the Three Rivers-Valero Refinery (originally Three Rivers Refinery, started in 1933) or the Federal Bureau of Prisons Correctional Institution; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby commemorate the 100th anniversary of Three Rivers and extend to its residents sincere best wishes for the future. Guillen Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2606 was adopted by the House on May 24, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House