PRINTER'S NO. 3215
No. 414 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY FORCIER, WILT, SEYFERT, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, BAKER,
BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, BUNT,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPABIANCA, CIVERA, CLYMER, L. I. COHEN,
M. COHEN, CORRIGAN, DALEY, DALLY, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, FAIRCHILD,
FARGO, FICHTER, FRANKEL, GEIST, GIGLIOTTI, GRUCELA, HALUSKA,
HARHAI, HARHART, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HORSEY, HUTCHINSON,
JOSEPHS, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LEH, LESCOVITZ, LYNCH, MAITLAND,
MANDERINO, MARSICO, MAYERNIK, McCALL, McILHATTAN, McNAUGHTON,
MELIO, S. MILLER, NAILOR, ORIE, PESCI, PETRONE, PIPPY,
PISTELLA, RAMOS, ROBERTS, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SATHER,
SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SCHULER, SCRIMENTI, SHANER, B. SMITH,
S. H. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO, TRUE, WALKO,
WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 20, 2000
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 20, 2000
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring Crawford County, Pennsylvania, on the occasion of its
2 200th anniversary in 2000.
3 WHEREAS, On March 12, 1800, an act of the General Assembly
4 disassembled land from four existing counties in this
5 Commonwealth, Allegheny, Lycoming, Westmoreland and Washington
6 Counties, and established eight new counties, Armstrong, Beaver,
7 Butler, Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Warren and Venango Counties; and
8 WHEREAS, Due to the sparse settlements in northwestern
9 Pennsylvania at that time, Erie, Mercer, Venango and Warren
10 Counties were grouped under Crawford County for administrative
11 and judicial purposes and became separate counties between 1803
12 and 1819; and
1 WHEREAS, Crawford County was named to honor the life of
2 Colonel William Crawford, who was a friend of George Washington
3 and who, although not born in this Commonwealth, lived near
4 Connellsville in what is today Fayette County; and
5 WHEREAS, Colonel Crawford fought in the American Revolution
6 in the battles of Long Island, Trenton and Princeton; and
7 WHEREAS, In 1777 Colonel Crawford was sent to Pittsburgh to
8 defend the western frontier, and in 1789 he led a campaign
9 against the Indians and British into the Ohio country prior to
10 being captured, tortured and killed; and
11 WHEREAS, This year Crawford County celebrates the 200th
12 anniversary of its establishment; therefore be it
13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor Crawford
14 County, Pennsylvania, on the occasion of its 200th anniversary
15 in 2000.
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