Proc. 2010-57 Pleasant Gray Day 07-11-10
PROCLAMATION
NO. 2010-57
WHEREAS the City of Huntsville, Alabama was first founded around 1805, known then as
Hunt’s Spring; and
WHEREAS in the 1830s, Pleasant and Hannah Gray lived in Hunt’s Spring, Alabama, and
chose to move to Texas; and
WHEREAS Pleasant Gray secured land from the Mexican government and established a town,
set up a trading post, and began to sell town lots; and
WHEREAS Pleasant Gray named the new town Huntsville, and his town has flourished to this
day, 175 years after Pleasant Gray received his land grant .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED, by the power vested in me as Mayor
of the City of Huntsville, Texas that:
July 11, 2010
be declared:
“Pleasant Gray Day”
in the City of Huntsville and urge all citizens to acknowledge and celebrate with Pleasant
and Hannah Gray’s descendents on this special occasion.
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PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED this the 11 day of July, 2010.
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J. Turner, Mayor