H*4300 Resolution, By White
 A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND PENDLETON DISTRICT HISTORICAL,
 RECREATIONAL, AND TOURISM COMMISSION ON THE OCCASION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S
 FORTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

   06/01/11  House  Introduced and adopted (House Journal-page 8)

TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND PENDLETON DISTRICT HISTORICAL, RECREATIONAL, AND TOURISM COMMISSION ON THE OCCASION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S FORTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

Whereas, with a mission to collect, preserve, and promote the rich history of Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens counties, Pendleton District Historical, Recreational, and Tourism Commission has contributed to the development of the tourism industry of South Carolina and of these counties since 1966, pre-dating South Carolina's Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism; and

Whereas, Pendleton District Historical, Recreational, and Tourism Commission has enhanced the economic development of Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens counties through tourism development and marketing by attracting and providing for tourists; and

Whereas, since 1978, Pendleton District Historical, Recreational, and Tourism Commission has produced and promoted Historic Pendleton Spring Jubilee continuously; and

Whereas, preserving historic sites and structures within the three-county district, the commission formed and has operated Stumphouse Tunnel Park for many years as a tourism attraction in Oconee County; and

Whereas, the commission has aided local historic preservation in Anderson County by purchasing historic structures including the Caldwell-Johnson-Morris House, the Frierson Schoolhouse, and the Carnegie Library and has assisted in the creation of the Anderson County Museum, the preservation of Hagood Mill in Pickens County, and the development of the Alexander-Hill House at High Falls Park in Oconee County; and

Whereas, through the Pendleton District Research Room and Special Collections, the commission has and continues to collect family and local history papers, preserve them, and make them available for research; and

Whereas, Pendleton District Historical, Recreational, and Tourism Commission has preserved artifacts, documents, and photographs important to the three-county region; and

Whereas, the commission began the Pendleton District Century Farm Program in 1974 to recognize families whose lands have remained within the same family for at least one hundred years; and

Whereas, Pendleton District Historical, Recreational, and Tourism Commission has been the steward of the statewide South Carolina Century Farm Program since 1976; and

Whereas, showcasing pre-1925 farm implements, machinery, farm-life artifacts, and farming documents since 1976, the Pendleton District Agricultural Museum is operated and managed by the commission; and

Whereas, Pendleton District Historical, Recreational, and Tourism Commission has operated a visitors' center to direct visitors across the three counties of Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens, and, indeed, across South Carolina throughout its forty-five years. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and commend Pendleton District Historical, Recreational, and Tourism Commission on the occasion of the organization's forty-fifth anniversary of service to the citizens of South Carolina.