THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY BAKER, PICKETT, CAUSER, RAPP, BARRAR, BELFANTI, BEYER, BOYD, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, CUTLER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FLECK, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GROVE, GRUCELA, HARHART, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, M. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KULA, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MARSHALL, MARSICO, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PEIFER, PHILLIPS, PYLE, READSHAW, REED, REICHLEY, ROCK, ROHRER, SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SIPTROTH, STABACK, STEVENSON, SWANGER, THOMAS, TRUE, VEREB AND VULAKOVICH, JUNE 16, 2010

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JUNE 16, 2010  

A RESOLUTION

Honoring the Borough of Tioga on its 150th anniversary.

WHEREAS, The Borough of Tioga is located west of the center

of Tioga Township at the confluence of Crooked Creek and the

Tioga River on an oblong strip known as the "Island"; and

WHEREAS, While Jesse Losey was the first settler on the site

of the Borough of Tioga, Dr. William Willard and his son William

Willard, Jr. were the most active in the development of the

site; and

WHEREAS, The Tioga post office, established January 1, 1805,

is the oldest in Tioga County; and

WHEREAS, The First Baptist Church of Tioga, incorporated

March 17, 1842, is the oldest regularly organized church in

Tioga County; and

WHEREAS, The Borough of Tioga experienced a massive fire on

February 9, 1871, and a great flood that threatened the

destruction of the town on June 1, 1889, and residents wisely

implemented precautions to prevent a repetition of such

disasters; and

WHEREAS, The merchants, manufacturers and tradesmen who

located in Tioga prior to its incorporation as a borough

persevered through hardships to make a better life for

themselves and their families; and

WHEREAS, Tioga was incorporated as a borough on February

1860; and

WHEREAS, The population of the Borough of Tioga as of July

2008 is 582; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the Borough

of Tioga on its 150th anniversary.