HM 16 — "GALLUP/ MCKINLEY COUNTY DAY"

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 16PROCLAIMING 56THJANUARY LEGISLATURE-24, STATE2024 OF"GALLUP/MCKINLEY NEWMEXICOCOUNTY -DAY" SECONDIN SESSION,THE 2024HOUSE INTRODUCEDOF BYREPRESENTATIVES. Patricia A.

Lundstrom5 andWHEREAS, Harrythe Garciacity of Gallup and EliseoMcKinley Leecounty Alconare andthe D.northwestern gateway to New Mexico;

Wondaand JohnsonWHEREAS, 7the 9city Aof MEMORIALGallup PROCLAIMINGand JANUARYMcKinley 24,county 2024reflect "GALLUP/MCKINLEYthe COUNTYrich DAY"cultural, INrecreational THEand HOUSEeconomic OFdiversity REPRESENTATIVES.of New Mexico;

14and WHEREAS, McKinley county has the citygreatest number of GallupNative American residents of any New Mexico county, is the home of members of the Navajo Nation and McKinleythe countyPueblo areof Zuni and is the northwesternsite gatewayof toone Newof Mexico;the largest annual gatherings of Native Americans, the intertribal Indian ceremonial;

and WHEREAS, thelast cityyear, of Gallup andhosted McKinley county reflect e t 17 the richone cultural,hundred recreationalfirst andannual economicintertribal diversityIndian ofceremonial; New w l n d 18 Mexico;

and = = 19 a l WHEREAS, McKinley county hasincorporates the greatestcontinental numberdivide, ofwhich Nativeseparates i a e r 20 American residents of any New Mexico county, is the homewatersheds of a t m m 21 members of the NavajoPacific Nation and theAtlantic Pueblooceans; of Zuni and is the d r e 22 site of one of the largest annual gatherings of Native c e s k 23 Americans, the intertribal Indian ceremonial;

and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, last year, Gallup hosted the one hundred first u [ annual intertribal Indian ceremonial;

and .227458.1 WHEREAS, McKinley county incorporates the continental divide, which separates the watersheds of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans;

and WHEREAS, McKinley county boasts world-renowned adventure HM 16 Page 1 venues and trails, including the Zuni mountain trail system, the jewel of the southwest;

and WHEREAS, the city of Gallup is recognized as the most patriotic small town in America and is home to a state-nationalstate- national veterans cemetery;

and WHEREAS, the city of Gallup is a center of commerce and, since the nineteenth century, has been recognized by the BNSF e t 17 railway as a heritage community for its importance along its w l n d 18 transcontinental rail line;

and = = 19 a l WHEREAS, McKinley county is home to Gallup energy i a e r 20 logistics park, one of only a handful of BNSF-certified sites a t m m 21 for economic development located in an internal-revenue- d r e 22 service-designated opportunity zone;

c e s k 23 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF e a n b 24 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that January 24, u [ 2024 be designated "Gallup/McKinley County Day" in the house of .227458.1 - 2 - representatives to honor and showcase the many facets of the city of Gallup and McKinley county;

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