PRINTER'S NO. 3987
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
1051
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY HAHN, STAATS, NEILSON, SCHLOSSBERG, R. BROWN,
DiGIROLAMO, BENNINGHOFF, EMRICK, PICKETT, WARD, READSHAW,
RYAN, SAYLOR, HENNESSEY, HILL-EVANS, MILLARD, B. O'NEILL,
JOZWIAK, MARSICO AND HEFFLEY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the 125th anniversary of the Borough of Wind Gap.
WHEREAS, Originally, the land that constituted Wind Gap was a
natural passageway for Native Americans, settlers and the
military; and
WHEREAS, In 1750, German settlers sought a new home away from
the gradually increasing population of the Lehigh Valley and
chose this land; and
WHEREAS, On March 11, 1752, an act created Northampton County
from the large Penn Tract; and
WHEREAS, This county covered the area that runs from what is
now Bucks County up to the New York border and included what is
now known as Plainfield Township and Wind Gap Borough; and
WHEREAS, When first settled, Wind Gap was mostly a place for
travelers to stop for the night, with inns, food and lodging;
and
WHEREAS, A group of citizens petitioned the court to obtain a
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charter making Wind Gap a self-governing borough; and
WHEREAS, Wind Gap became an official borough in August 1893,
and the community held its first council meeting on August 2,
1893; and
WHEREAS, The Borough of Wind Gap is situated in a large slate
belt that extends for 30 miles and where at one point there were
more than 50 active quarries; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
125th anniversary of the Borough of Wind Gap.
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