[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 29, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1172]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       CONGRATULATING PIKE COUNTY

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                         HON. BRAD R. WENSTRUP

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 29, 2015

  Mr. WENSTRUP. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Pike County 
on their bicentennial anniversary and celebration.
  For 200 years Pike County has stood proudly at the heart of Southern 
Ohio.
  Created by the Ohio General Assembly in 1815, Pike County was named 
after American Brigadier General and explorer Zebulon Pike. Over the 
next 200 years, the people of Pike County have lived up to Pike's 
relentless American spirit.
  Throughout its two century-long history, Pike County has proudly 
contributed to the strength, prosperity, and growth of our state and 
our nation.
  Pike County residents fought and died for the United States in 
defense of this nation since the days of the Civil War. That service 
continued into the Cold War, where their hard work and industriousness 
in the heartland provided the nuclear technology and tools that 
continued to secure our blessings of freedom.
  Pike County fostered the freedom and economic prosperity that are 
pillars of the American Dream, from an active role in the Underground 
Railroad to a key link in the Ohio-Erie Canal that connected commerce 
across Ohio.
  I am honored to represent Pike County today, an area of the state 
with a rich history and strong community. Again, I congratulate Pike 
County on this historic milestone and I wish them the best over their 
next 200 years.

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