HM 9 — "GRANT COUNTY DAY"

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 9PROCLAIMING 56THFEBRUARY LEGISLATURE1, -2023 STATETHE OFFORTY-SEVENTH NEWMEXICOANNUAL -"GRANT FIRSTCOUNTY SESSIONDAY" 2023IN INTRODUCEDTHE BYHOUSE LuisOF M.REPRESENTATIVES.

Terrazas5 andWHEREAS, SiahGrant Correacounty Hemphillis 6known 8for 10its Amining, MEMORIALranching PROCLAIMINGand FEBRUARYart 1,communities; 2023 THE FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL "GRANT COUNTY DAY" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

14 WHEREAS, Grant county is known for its mining, ranching and art communities;

blue skies with three hundred sixty days of e t 17 sunshine per year;

and small-town w l n d 18 atmosphere;

and = = 19 a l WHEREAS, Grant county is the gateway to the vast Gila i a e r 20 wilderness;

and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, Grant county's largest city and county seat, d r e 22 Silver City, is the only municipality in New Mexico still c e s k 23 operating under the territorial charter issued by the e a n b 24 legislative assembly of the territory of New Mexico in 1878;

u [ and .224285.1 WHEREAS, Grant county is the richest county for mining in New Mexico, producing numerous precious metals, including copper, an essential element of green energy and electric vehicles;

and WHEREAS, the western New Mexico university museum has HM 9 Page 1 the world's foremost collection of ancient Mimbres pottery;

and WHEREAS, Grant county is where, in 1866, company B of the one-hundred-twenty-fifth United States colored infantry regiment, known as the buffalo soldiers, was established at e t 17 Fort Bayard;

and w l n d 18 WHEREAS, Grant county is honored as the home of many = = 19 a l veterans, and Grant county shares New Mexico's heavy burden of i a e r 20 the members of New Mexico's two-hundredth coast artillery a t m m 21 regiment, many of whom were subjected to the Bataan death d r e 22 march, including the late Representative Tom Foy;

and c e s k 23 WHEREAS, Grant county straddles the Continental Divide e a n b 24 trail, a national scenic trail, at six thousand to seven u [ thousand feet, providing cool summers, as well as uninterrupted .224285.1 - 2 - views of the Mexican border to the south;

and WHEREAS, western New Mexico university's early childhood HM 9 Page 2 programs were designated as the New Mexico center for excellence for early childhood education during the 2022 legislative session;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that February 1, e t 17 2023 be proclaimed the forty-seventh annual "Grant County Day" w l n d 18 in the house of representatives;

and = = 19 a l BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be i a e r 20 transmitted to members of the board of county commissioners of a t m m 21 Grant county.

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