HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 02061990 - 90/79IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STA-_E OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Commemorating the )
75th Anniversary of the Panama- RESOLUTION NO. 90/79
Pacific Exposition.
WHEREAS .February 10, 1990 will mark the 75th anniversary of the Panama-Pacific
Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the emergence
of San Francisco from the ashes of the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906; and
WHEREAS the Panama-Pacific Exposition drew participation from all sections of the
United States and was supported financially by 51 California counties, including
the County of Contra Costa; and
WHEREAS three symbols of the Exposition remain today: the Palace of Fine Arts;
its Lagoon; and the bare hull of a small, wooden tug boat, The Gusty; and once
restored and re-fitted for seaworthiness, The Gusty would become a useful
theme-piece to stimulate interest among school children and others, in the history
of both the Exposition and of California's ocean shipping and fishing industries;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
that it hereby COMMEMORATES the 75th Anniversary of the Panama-Pacific Exposition.
PASSED by unanimous vote of the Board members present on this 6th day of February,
1990.
I
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy 'of a resolution
entered on the minutes of said Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
NANCY C. FAHDEN, CHAIR
Supervisor, District II
Witness my hand and the Seal
of the Board of Supervisors
affixed this 6th day of
February, 1990.
PHIL BATCHELOR, County
Administrator and Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors
B
de,
Y
uty Clerk