Proc. 2020-29 - Huntsville 185th birthday - 7-12-20 (2)
Proclamation No. 2020-29
WHEREAS Pleasant Gray, lately of Huntsville, Alabama, received a land grant from the Mexican government on July 12, 1835; and
WHEREAS Pleasant and Hannah Gray established a trading post and began selling lots in the new town they called Huntsville; and
WHEREAS Huntsville became a part of the great State of Texas when it formed, and the county seat for the County of Walker when it came into existence; and
WHEREAS today the City and its citizens celebrate 185 years of community since being founded.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED, by the power vested in me as Mayor of the City of Huntsville, Texas that:
July 12, 2020
be declared:
“Huntsville’s 185th Birthday”
in the City of Huntsville and urge all citizens to acknowledge and celebrate the founding of our fine city, on July 12, 1835.
PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED this the 7th day of July 2020.
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Andy Brauninger, Mayor