2012
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 12-1022
       
       BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Baumgardner, Looper, Massey, Wilson,
       Acree, Balmer, Barker, Brown, Conti, Coram, Court, Duran, Fields,
       Fischer, Hamner, Holbert, Kagan, Kefalas, Kerr J., Labuda, Lee,
       Liston, McCann, Miklosi, Murray, Nikkel, Peniston, Priola,
       Ramirez, Ryden, Schafer S., Soper, Stephens, Summers, Swalm,
       Swerdfeger, Szabo, Todd, Tyler, Vigil, Waller, Williams A., Young,
       McNulty;
       also SENATOR(S) Nicholson, White, Aguilar, Bacon, Boyd, Brophy,
       Cadman, Carroll, Foster, Giron, Grantham, Guzman, Harvey,
       Heath, Hodge, Hudak, Jahn, Johnston, King K., King S., Lambert,
       Lundberg, Mitchell, Morse, Neville, Newell, Renfroe, Roberts,
       Scheffel, Schwartz, Spence, Steadman, Tochtrop, Williams S.,
       Shaffer B..
       
     CONCERNING NAMING A PORTION OF THE FRASER
      RIVER THE "EISENHOWER MEMORIAL REACH". 
       
          WHEREAS, Dwight David Eisenhower served as the Supreme
       Commander of Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and as the
       34th President of the United States; and
       
          WHEREAS, Eisenhower's wife, Mamie Doud, was from Denver and
       through her family he was introduced to Aksel Nielson who, with Carl
       Norgren, would later purchase Byers Peak Ranch; and
       
          WHEREAS, Eisenhower first made his way to the Byers Peak Ranch
       in Grand County, Colorado, in 1952 and returned each year until his heart
       attack in September 1955; and
       
          
       
       
       
       
       
          WHEREAS, Eisenhower's passions when visiting Colorado were
       painting; cooking flapjacks, trout, and steaks; and fly fishing, which
       occupied most of his time; and
       
          WHEREAS, Eisenhower enjoyed fishing in the Fraser River and
       especially its tributary, St. Louis Creek, which he referred to as his "home
       water" when visiting Colorado; and
       
          WHEREAS, While in Colorado, Eisenhower conducted official
       business, including signing multiple bills into law and hosting national
       and world leaders, thereby leading the Fraser Valley, along with other
       Colorado locations, to become known as his "Western White House"; and
       
          WHEREAS, Eisenhower was a welcome guest throughout Fraser
       Valley, and his visits to the area were and remain a source of community
       pride; and
       
          WHEREAS, The Fraser River is a vibrant part of Colorado's natural
       beauty that drew Eisenhower and millions of other visitors to our state;
       and
       
          WHEREAS, Modern-day residents of Grand County have invested in
       the Fraser River, conducting projects to improve habitat and installing a
       sculpture of the former President Eisenhower fishing in a Fraser town
       park adjacent to the river; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-eighth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:
       
          That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly:
       
          (1)  Wish to recognize and celebrate the Fraser River and Fraser
       Valley as treasured parts of Colorado's history and natural heritage;
       
          
       
       
       
       
       
       
          (2)  Designate the part of the Fraser River from the bridge crossing at
       Rendevous Road to the bridge crossing at County Road 8 as the
       "Eisenhower Memorial Reach"; and
       
          (3)  Recognize the authority of the Colorado Department of
       Transportation to accept and expend gifts, grants, donations, and federal
       funds for the purposes of the initial placement of signs along the road to
       mark the designated portion of the Fraser River as the "Eisenhower
       Memorial Reach".
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to
       the Grand County Board of Commissioners; Fraser Board of Trustees;
       Mike King, Executive Director of the Department of Natural Resources;
       the Colorado River Headwaters Chapter of Colorado Trout Unlimited;
       Donald E. Hunt, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of
       Transportation; Grand County Historical Association; General John
       Eisenhower, President Eisenhower's son; Dwight David Eisenhower II,
       President Eisenhower's grandson; Susan Eisenhower, Mary Eisenhower,
       and Barbara Eisenhower, President Eisenhower's granddaughters; and
       Kristi Martens, Manager of Cozens Ranch Museum.
       
       
       
       
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       Frank McNulty                    Brandon C. Shaffer 
       SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                    PRESIDENT OF
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                        THE SENATE
       
       
       
       
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       Marilyn Eddins                        Cindi Markwell
       CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                SECRETARY OF
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                        THE SENATE