PRINTER'S NO. 4172
No. 639 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY GORDNER, JUNE 28, 2002
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 28, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Celebrating Bloomsburg's Bicentennial (1802-2002).
2 WHEREAS, In 1802 John Adams Eyer and Ludwig Eyer began
3 selling lots in the area then known as Bloomsburg Township; and
4 WHEREAS, After various portions of the township were taken to
5 form other municipalities, the remainder was formally organized
6 as the Town of Bloomsburg in 1870; and
7 WHEREAS, Bloomsburg is the only incorporated town in this
8 Commonwealth; and
9 WHEREAS, Bloomsburg has approximately 12,000 residents and is
10 the county seat of Columbia County; and
11 WHEREAS, The campus of Bloomsburg University is located
12 within the town's boundaries; and
13 WHEREAS, The community is home to cultural and entertainment
14 venues such as the Bloomsburg Fair, the Bloomsburg Theatre
15 Ensemble and the Renaissance Jamboree; therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives join with the
17 incorporated Town of Bloomsburg in celebrating its 200th
1 anniversary.
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