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H.C.R. 2
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7 General Description:
8 This resolution recognizes the Ogden Pioneer Heritage Foundation's efforts to establish
9 the Utah Cowboy Hall of Fame in Ogden.
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11 This resolution:
12 . recognizes the efforts of the Ogden Pioneer Heritage Foundation to establish the
13 Utah Cowboy Hall of Fame in Ogden to honor and interpret the history of Native
14 Americans, cowboys, ranching, rodeo, and the western lifestyle of Utah for the
15 benefit of future generations.
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19 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
20 WHEREAS, the Ogden Pioneer Heritage Foundation, a Utah nonprofit corporation that
21 honors the rich heritage and contemporary culture of the people of early pioneer heritage in the
22 greater Ogden area, is working to establish the Utah Cowboy Hall of Fame in Ogden;
23 WHEREAS, the Utah Cowboy Hall of Fame will be the interpretive center for the
24 history of Native Americans, cowboys, ranching, rodeo, and the western lifestyle of Utah;
25 WHEREAS, the Utah Cowboy Hall of Fame will help preserve the culture and legacy
26 that is the character of Utah and the western way of life for the benefit of future generations;
27 WHEREAS, the location of the Utah Cowboy Hall of Fame will be at Ogden's Pioneer
28 Stadium and will feature a Hall of Honorees, an Interpretive Center with permanent and
29 traveling western culture exhibits, and a multipurpose meeting area for use by visiting groups;
30 WHEREAS, the Utah Cowboy Hall of Fame will also accommodate a gift shop and
31 patio restaurant with an extraordinary view of the Ogden River and the Wasatch Mountains;
32 WHEREAS, display areas will interpret and honor Native Americans, cowboys,
33 ranchers, homesteaders and rodeo cowboys, Miss Rodeo Utah, and western musicians;
34 WHEREAS, it is fitting that the Utah Cowboy Hall of Fame be located at Pioneer
35 Stadium where Ogden Pioneer Days originated and where the feeling of the American West
36 still lives;
37 WHEREAS, the establishment of the Utah Cowboy Hall of Fame helps to realize the
38 purposes of the Ogden Pioneer Heritage Foundation, which include promoting the unique
39 character and content of Ogden's pioneer and western heritage, encouraging and welcoming
40 visitors to Ogden to participate in the various events and activities of the Pioneer Days
41 Celebration, and preserving, protecting, interpreting, and acquiring elements of Ogden's
42 pioneer and western heritage and history; and
43 WHEREAS, the Utah Cowboy Hall of Fame will provide a panorama of Utah's unique
44 heritage and do honor to its origins and character:
45 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the
46 Governor concurring therein, recognize the efforts of the Ogden Pioneer Heritage Foundation
47 to establish the Utah Cowboy Hall of Fame in Ogden to honor and interpret the history of
48 Native Americans, cowboys, ranching, rodeo, and the western lifestyle of Utah for the benefit
49 of future generations.
50 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Ogden
51 Pioneer Heritage Foundation.
Legislative Review Note
as of 12-3-04 10:55 AM
Based on a limited legal review, this legislation has not been determined to have a high
probability of being held unconstitutional.