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WHEREAS, the town of Collegeport was founded on May 25, 1908 soon
after Jonathan Edwards Pierce and Abel Brown Pierce hired Burton D.
Hurd Land Company to sell 9,000 acres of their ranchlands in an
agreement that called for the construction of a college and a port
on the Trespalacios Bay; and
WHEREAS, the Grand Opening of Collegeport was held on May 25, 1909
at the Hotel Collegeport; the town drew its name from the port and
college built in 1909 named Gulf Coast University of Industrial
Arts; and
WHEREAS, the original First Church, Federated of Collegeport, was
organized on November 30, 1909; made up of 14 denominations, the
Church facilitated a close-knit community that worked together to
serve their common interests and values; and
WHEREAS, in 1912 Collegeport boasted a population of 496 and the
county's first free public library; serviced by the Missouri Pacific
(Mopac) Railroad, the town became a stop on the St. Louis,
Brownsville and Mexico Railway in 1911; now therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that on this day May 31, 2008 we celebrate the
one-hundredth anniversary of Collegeport; and that we continue to
hold up Collegeport as an example for the rugged, industrious
dreamer, and that we will carry on the belief that hard work begets
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