THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY PICKETT, BAKER, BOYD, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CLYMER, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, ELLIS, EVERETT, FLECK, GEORGE, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, HAHN, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, JAMES, M. K. KELLER, KNOWLES, KORTZ, MAJOR, MALONEY, MANN, MARSICO, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MURT, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PEIFER, QUINN, READSHAW, REED, ROCK, ROSS, SCAVELLO, SCHMOTZER, SONNEY, STEVENSON, SWANGER, VEREB, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, MAY 21, 2012

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MAY 21, 2012  

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing the bicentennial of Bradford County in 2012.

WHEREAS, The General Assembly created Bradford County in

1812; and

WHEREAS, The General Assembly named Bradford County after

William Bradford, the second Attorney General of the United

States under President George Washington; and

WHEREAS, Towanda was selected as the county seat, with the

first election held on October 13, 1812; and

WHEREAS, Bradford County history may go as far back as the

early 17th century, as Etienne Brule, an explorer with Samuel de

Champlain, traversed the entire length of the Susquehanna River

in 1615-1616; and

WHEREAS, In 1773, large waves of settlers began arriving in

the area, mostly from Connecticut, and then, later, from New

York; and

WHEREAS, During its storied history, Bradford County has been

part of the state of Connecticut and the counties of Luzerne and

Lackawanna in this Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, Today, Bradford County is home to more than 62,000

residents; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor and

recognize the bicentennial of Bradford County in 2012.