H*4208 Concurrent Resolution, By Spearman, Clyburn and J.G. McAbee
 A Concurrent Resolution expressing the congratulations and best wishes of the
 members of the General Assembly to the people of Saluda County on celebrating
 its one hundredth anniversary and for its past endeavors and best wishes for a
 future filled with the same strong spirit that led the early settlers to
 endure hardship in order to make a home and maintain their freedom in the
 bountiful land now known as Saluda County.

   05/11/95  House  Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate HJ-8
   05/11/95  Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence SJ-16

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

EXPRESSING THE CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO THE PEOPLE OF SALUDA COUNTY ON CELEBRATING ITS ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY AND FOR ITS PAST ENDEAVORS AND BEST WISHES FOR A FUTURE FILLED WITH THE SAME STRONG SPIRIT THAT LED THE EARLY SETTLERS TO ENDURE HARDSHIP IN ORDER TO MAKE A HOME AND MAINTAIN THEIR FREEDOM IN THE BOUNTIFUL LAND NOW KNOWN AS SALUDA COUNTY.

Whereas, Saluda County's rich natural diversity, pleasing climate, and abundance of plant and animal life attracted in the early eighteenth century traders and settlers who traveled the Cherokee Path from Charleston inland or who used the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road to venture south; and

Whereas, many of these hardy individuals, seeking to determine their own destiny, fought valiantly for freedom and independence during the Revolutionary War; and

Whereas, these same individuals, forgetting the divisions of the past, worked together in the early eighteen hundreds to create a new society based on self-determination and also encouraged daring young men such as James Butler Bonham, William Barret Travis, and Pierce Mason Butler to help others achieve their independence; and

Whereas, they, feeling strongly that all states and individuals have the right and the responsibility to determine their own course, offered up their sons in defense of their beliefs and provided Milledge Luke Bonham to lead the State as Governor during the Civil War; and

Whereas, when the war was over, these same resourceful individuals, both black and white, picked up the pieces of their lives and looked toward the future with hope and the determination to be a community of neighbors again; and

Whereas, they, in 1895, convinced the delegates to the Constitutional Convention to vote in favor of the formation of the new county of Saluda, carved from the east side of Edgefield County. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina recognize Saluda County, the only county formed by the vote of a Constitutional Convention, for its contributions to the State and nation and celebrate its one hundred years of service and growth since its birth on September 26, 1895.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Chairman of Saluda County Council.