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TX HR1253
Resolution
Status
5/25/2025
Primary Sponsor
Cecil Bell
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AI Summary
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Texas House of Representatives honors the Magnolia Historical Society for more than three decades of preserving and celebrating community history
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Society was founded in 1993 by Celeste Graves and Patsy Ogden-Williams and manages the Magnolia Depot Museum Complex
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Museum complex features the town's original 1902 railroad depot, built in folk Victorian architecture as a station on the International and Great Northern Railroad; designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1999
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Additional museum artifacts include a 19th-century sawmill, a historically painted Southern Pacific caboose, and Dr. J. M. Ware's wood-frame office and barber shop building
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Resolution adopted by non-record vote on May 23, 2025, with an official copy to be prepared for the organization
Legislative Description
Honoring the Magnolia Historical Society for its efforts to preserve and promote local history.
Resolutions
Last Action
Reported enrolled
5/25/2025