[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 22]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 30674]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     VILLAGE OF ARGYLE IN MISSOURI

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                        HON. BLAINE LUETKEMEYER

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 8, 2009

  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Village 
of Argyle, located in Maries and Osage counties, in Missouri.
  I would like to acknowledge the Village of Argyle as its residents 
prepare to celebrate the milestone of their centennial this upcoming 
June.
  In the beginning of the 20th century, a group of Scottish-Irish 
surveyors made their way to the Midwest and were preparing to build a 
rail bed for the St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado railroad to run 
between Kansas City and St. Louis. This spurred the formation of a 
town.
  The area, once known as Sanbonfass, after St. Boniface, was named 
Argyle after a shire in the Isles of Scotland called Argyll. The 
Village was incorporated in 1908, and the rock island line brought 
prosperity to the village shortly thereafter. Today the Village is home 
to about 170 of my constituents, all of whom I know are proud to call 
Argyle home.
  In closing, Madam Speaker, I ask all my colleagues to join me in 
wishing the residents of the Village of Argyle congratulations on 
reaching this important milestone.

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