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TX HR1253

Resolution

Status

Passed

5/25/2025

Primary Sponsor

Cecil Bell

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Texas House of Representatives honors the Magnolia Historical Society for more than three decades of preserving and celebrating community history

  • Society was founded in 1993 by Celeste Graves and Patsy Ogden-Williams and manages the Magnolia Depot Museum Complex

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Local & Consent Calendars5/20/2025

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