PRINTER'S NO. 4621
No. 854 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY MAJOR, PICKETT, BAKER, RUBLEY, NAILOR, BALDWIN,
BARRAR, BEBKO-JONES, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BLACKWELL, BOYD,
BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CLYMER, COHEN, CRAHALLA,
CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DALEY, DALLY, DENLINGER, DeWEESE,
DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FAIRCHILD, FICHTER, FLAHERTY, FLEAGLE,
FORCIER, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLESPIE,
GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHART, HARPER, HENNESSEY,
HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, JAMES, KENNEY, KILLION,
LEDERER, MANN, MARSICO, McILHATTAN, MILLARD, MUSTIO, PALLONE,
PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PISTELLA, RAMALEY, RAPP, READSHAW, REED,
REICHLEY, ROBERTS, ROHRER, ROSS, SAINATO, SATHER, SCHRODER,
B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, R. STEVENSON, TANGRETTI,
E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE, TRUE, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD,
SEPTEMBER 26, 2006
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 26, 2006
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring Choconut Township, Susquehanna County, in recognition
2 of its bicentennial celebration on October 8, 2006.
3 WHEREAS, Choconut Township in Susquehanna County was first
4 settled by non-Native Americans in 1806; and
5 WHEREAS, The settlement was so named because of its location
6 along the Choconut Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River;
7 and
8 WHEREAS, Choconut Township was originally settled by Native
9 Americans--the Nanticokes, Delaware, Iroquois, Conoy and
10 Shawnee--but this settlement was routed during the Revolutionary
11 War; and
1 WHEREAS, The name of Choconut Creek and later of Choconut
2 Township is thought to derive from the Nanticoke word
3 Tschochnot, meaning "place of tamaracks"; and
4 WHEREAS, Many of the settlers of Choconut Township were
5 farmers, and, while farming is no longer prevalent, the area has
6 kept its rural nature; and
7 WHEREAS, The 2000 census notes that the population of
8 Choconut Township is 797 people and consists of 316 households
9 and 236 families; and
10 WHEREAS, Choconut Township residents anticipate a jubilant
11 celebration on October 8, 2006, of the 200th anniversary of the
12 township's settlement; therefore be it
13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor Choconut
14 Township, Susquehanna County, on its bicentennial celebration on
15 October 8, 2006.
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