[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 12 (Thursday, January 21, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S90-S91]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                   SESQUICENTENNIAL OF HOUSTON COUNTY

 Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam President, I consider it an honor and a 
privilege to acknowledge for the official record Houston County, TN, 
sesquicentennial anniversary.
  Each State is its own melting pot of history and culture, and 
Tennessee is no exception. In Houston County, the Irish roots of the 
pioneers who explored the Cumberland River run deep, having buried 
themselves in the rugged, foggy hills and creek beds that so resembled 
the founders' homeland.
  First settled in the 1780s, the Houston County area served as a new 
frontier for early pioneers. What began as a small working settlement 
flourished into a community that bore witness at the crossroads of the 
Civil War, embraced the possibilities of crisscrossing railroads, and 
led the charge toward progress that we now look back on as a major 
industrial boom.
  On January 21, 1871, the Tennessee legislature officially established 
Houston County, named in honor of Texas freedom fighter and the sixth 
Governor of Tennessee, Sam Houston. Since then, the people who call 
Houston County home have turned their little

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piece of rural Tennessee into a beautiful place to live, work, and 
raise a family.
  Congratulations are in order to the members of the Houston County 
Historical Society and, most importantly, to the citizens of Houston 
County. I ask my colleagues to join with me in wishing them another 150 
years of progress and prosperity.

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