PRINTER'S NO. 3952
No. 598 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY STEELMAN, PALLONE, DIVEN, CAWLEY, COSTA, HALUSKA,
SOLOBAY, MUNDY, FREEMAN, MANDERINO, EACHUS, VITALI, MARKOSEK,
MICHLOVIC, BELFANTI, JOSEPHS, WALKO, READSHAW, DeWEESE, COY,
SCRIMENTI, TIGUE, SANTONI, FRANKEL, SURRA AND DeLUCA,
JUNE 5, 2002
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 5, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Congratulating the community of Coral in Center Township,
2 Indiana County, Pennsylvania, on the occasion of its 100th
3 anniversary.
4 WHEREAS, The community originated in the 1890s as a company
5 town named Oklahoma, sheltering employees of the Indiana Coal
6 and Coke Company, with six houses and 24 coke ovens; and
7 WHEREAS, In 1902, according to local lore, a prospector
8 observed that the coal and coke in the area would become as
9 valuable as coral, and the community embraced a new name, Coral;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, By late 1903, Coral comprised 150 company houses and
12 300 ovens; and
13 WHEREAS, Johnstown Construction Company prefabricated the
14 single homes erected there, the first of their kind in Indiana
15 County; and
16 WHEREAS, In the ensuing decades, Coral has earned recognition
1 as a center of social and recreational activities attracting
2 people from surrounding communities; therefore be it
3 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate the
4 community of Coral on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
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