Texas SR 524: Recognizing Courtney McGuire for earning the Girl Scout Gold Award.

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89(R) SR 524 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  

  

   

 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 524

   

        WHEREAS, Preservation Month is taking place in May 2025, 

  

 providing a fitting opportunity to recognize Rio Vista Farm in 

  

 Socorro; and

  

        WHEREAS, Rio Vista Farm was initially established in the 

  

 early 1900s to serve as a poor farm and institutional campus; 

  

 from 1951 to 1964, it served as a processing center for the 

  

 Bracero Program, an initiative established by the governments of 

  

 the United States and Mexico that brought Mexican laborers to the 

  

 U.S. to legally work in the American agricultural and railroad 

  

 industries; as one of the first and most active bracero centers 

  

 in the U.S., Rio Vista processed hundreds of thousands of workers 

  

 over the course of its operation; and

  

        WHEREAS, Efforts to preserve Rio Vista resulted in the farm 

  

 being designated a National Historic Landmark by the Secretary of 

  

 the Interior on December 13, 2023, the first landmark established 

  

 in Far West Texas in over two decades; the revitalization process 

  

 has been guided by the City of Socorro and its historic 

  

 preservation officer, Victor Reta; the city has embarked on a 

  

 $35 million rehabilitation and capital improvement project to 

  

 restore the campus and adapt it for public use as a cultural 

  

 destination by establishing a museum and education center; and

  

        WHEREAS, The preservation of Rio Vista Farm honors the 

  

 contributions that the braceros and other immigrant groups have 

  

 made to our state and nation, and by investing in this 

  

 historically significant site, the City of Socorro is ensuring 

  

 that it will be appreciated for generations to come; now, 

  

 therefore, be it

  

        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th 

  

 Legislature, hereby honor the revitalization efforts at Rio 

  

 Vista Farm on the occasion of Preservation Month 2025 and extend 

  

 to all those associated with the initiative sincere best wishes 

  

 for continued success; and, be it further

  

        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be 

  

 prepared for the City of Socorro as an expression of high regard 

  

 from the Texas Senate.

  

  

 Blanco

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
 ________________________________ 

  

  
     President of the Senate

  

  
  

  

  
     I hereby certify that the 

  

  
 above Resolution was adopted by 

  

  
 the Senate on May 15, 2025.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
 ________________________________ 

  

  
     Secretary of the Senate

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
 ________________________________ 

  

  
      Member, Texas Senate