J835-2011 Actions

• Mar 15, 2011: ADOPTED
• Mar 15, 2011: REPORTED TO CALENDAR FOR CONSIDERATION
• Mar 10, 2011: REFERRED TO FINANCE

J835-2011 Text

 LEGISLATIVE  RESOLUTION  commemorating  the  150th  Anniversary  of  the
 Village of Panama, New York
 WHEREAS, It is the intent of this Legislative Body to honor and  commem
 orate  the  proud  and  distinguished histories of the communities which
 comprise the noble body of this great Empire State; and
 WHEREAS, Panama, the only incorporated village in the Town of Harmony,
 New York, was first settled in 1821; by 1824, businesses began  to  grow
 in  the area; a United States Post Office was established there in 1826,
 when the name Panama was chosen for the settlement; and
 WHEREAS, Panama was an important stagecoach and transfer  station  for
 freighters  traveling through the region between New York and Pennsylva
 nia; and
 WHEREAS, Panama, New York, is home to rock formations known as  Panama
 Rocks, which contain Paleozoic fossils and has been a tourist attraction
 since  the  1880s,  and  has been visited by people from around New York
 State, the United States and the entire world; and
 WHEREAS, At the beginning of the 19th Century, Panama was  a  thriving
 community  thanks  to  the  damming  of  Little Brokenstraw Creek, which
 provided power for mills to grind grain and cut wood; at the peak of its
 industrial days, Panama boasted six mills, four  blacksmith  shops,  two
 carriage  factories,  the  largest tannery in New York State, an ashery,
 fairgrounds and a racetrack; the Village of  Panama  also  had  a  daily
 newspaper and a number of churches, stores, hotels and taverns; and
 WHEREAS,  Several  New  York  State notable citizens hail from Panama,
 including  current  County  Executive  Greg   Edwards;   co-founder   of
 McGraw-Hill  Publishing,  James  H.  McGraw;  United  States Congressman
 Walter Loomis Sessions; and Edith Sessions Tupper, novelist and Broadway
 playwright; and
 WHEREAS, The Village of Panama is known for its Greek  Revival  Archi
 tecture,  and  several  buildings  constructed  in the 1830s still stand
 there today; and
 WHEREAS, The Village of Panama has continued to serve the approximate
 ly 500 people living within its borders with a safe and secure  home  in
 Chautauqua County; and
 WHEREAS,  It is the intent of this Legislative Body to publicly recog
 nize those towns and communities that  have  contributed  to  the  noble
 history of this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it
 RESOLVED,  That  this  Legislative  Body pause in its deliberations to
 commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Village of Panama;  and  be  it
 further
 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran
 smitted to the Village of Panama.

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