PRINTER'S NO. 3642
No. 624 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, PICKETT, CAUSER, BUNT, BALDWIN, BASTIAN,
BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE,
CAPPELLI, CLYMER, COHEN, CORRIGAN, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ,
DENLINGER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO,
FAIRCHILD, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, GEIST, GEORGE,
GILLESPIE, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARPER, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY,
HESS, HICKERNELL, JAMES, LEDERER, MAJOR, MARKOSEK, MARSICO,
McGILL, McILHATTAN, MILLARD, MUSTIO, PALLONE, PAYNE,
PHILLIPS, PYLE, RAPP, READSHAW, REED, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY,
SAINATO, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY,
SONNEY, STABACK, R. STEVENSON, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRUE, WALKO AND
WOJNAROSKI, MARCH 7, 2006
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 7, 2006
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the 14th annual Blossburg State Coal Festival from
2 May 24 through 27, 2006, at Island Park in Blossburg,
3 Pennsylvania.
4 WHEREAS, Coal was first discovered in the Blossburg area in
5 1792, and it was of sufficient quality and quantity that it
6 became a marketable resource throughout Pennsylvania and New
7 York and became the preferred coal of blacksmiths in western
8 mining camps; and
9 WHEREAS, The mining of coal was labor intensive and brought
10 many immigrants to America to towns such as Blossburg, Arnot,
11 Morris Run, Landrus and Fall Brook; and
12 WHEREAS, William B. Wilson, appointed the first Secretary of
13 Labor when the United States Department of Labor was formed in
1 1913, was a Scottish immigrant who moved to Arnot with his
2 family in 1870, built his life around the coal mining industry
3 and was a driving force in local and national union movements;
4 and
5 WHEREAS, The Blossburg State Coal Festival is a celebration
6 of the early coal industry in Blossburg and surrounding areas
7 and the diversity of the people of the region; therefore be it
8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
9 celebration of the 14th annual Blossburg State Coal Festival
10 from May 24 through 27, 2006, which commemorates the significant
11 economic history of coal mining in the Blossburg community.
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