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IN SCR0040

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

3/6/2014

Primary Sponsor

Johnny Nugent

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Origin

Senate

2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Indiana General Assembly recognizes and congratulates the City of Rising Sun on its bicentennial anniversary in 2014

  • Rising Sun was founded in 1816 by John James of Fredericksburg, Maryland, who surveyed and platted the town after purchasing land from Colonel Benjamin Chambers

  • The town grew rapidly to a population of 700 by 1816 and approximately 2,500 by the 1830s-1840s, becoming known for producing steamboats, plows, and other goods shipped on the Ohio River

  • Ohio County was successfully separated from Dearborn County in 1844 with Rising Sun as the county seat, and the Ohio County Courthouse built in 1845 remains the oldest courthouse in continuous operation in Indiana

  • Secretary of the Senate is directed to send copies of this resolution to Branden Roeder, Mayor of the City of Rising Sun

Legislative Description

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the City of Rising Sun on the occasion of its bicentennial anniversary

Last Action

Returned to the Senate

3/6/2014

Full Bill Text

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