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House Concurrent Resolution 63 History
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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 63
(By Delegates Manypenny, Anderson, Ashley, Azinger, Barker,
Beach, Blair, Boggs, Border, Butcher, Campbell, Cann, Canterbury,
Caputo, Doyle, Eldridge, Evans, Ferro, Frazier, Givens, Guthrie,
Hall, Hamilton, Hatfield, Hunt, Iaquinta, Ireland, Klempa,
Kominar, Lawrence, Longstreth, Louisos, Mahan, Manchin, Marshall,
Martin, McGeehan, Michael, C. Miller, Moore, Morgan, Moye,
Overington, Perry, Pethtel, Phillips, D. Poling, M. Poling,
Poore, Porter, Reynolds, Rodighiero, ROmine, Ross, Rowan,
Schadler, Schoen, Shaver, Shott, Skaff, Smith, Sobonya, Stephens,
Stowers, Sumner, Susman, Talbott, Varner, D. Walker, T. Walker,
Walters, Wells, White and Williams)
[Introduced February 19, 2010;
referred to the Committee on Rules.]
Requesting that a small portion of Route 50 from mile marker 13 in
Blueville to the Tygart River Bridge at Fetterman, West
Virginia be named the "John W. Blue Memorial Highway."
Whereas, John W. Blue was born in Hampshire County, West
Virginia in 1803 and passed away in 1889. The Blue family settled
in Romney, West Virginia in 1725; and
Whereas, John W. Blue was awarded the contract to build the
Route 50 Northwestern Turnpike from Cheat Mountain to the Tygart River at Fetterman; and
Whereas, John W. Blue was the first gatekeeper at the covered
bridge crossing the Tygart River, a local businessman, and owned
300 acres along Route 50; and
Whereas, Blueville was named after John W. Blue; and
Whereas, He also donated land to the City of Grafton to start
a cemetery, wherein they named the cemetery Bluemont; and
Whereas, John W. Blue served his community and state with
unfettered generosity and distinction; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name the
small portion of Route 50 from mile marker 13 in Blueville to the
Tygart River Bridge at Fetterman, West Virginia be named the "John
W. Blue Memorial Highway"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of the Division of
Highways is hereby requested to cause to be fabricated signs
containing bold and prominent letters proclaiming the section of
road to be named the "John W. Blue Memorial Highway"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of
the Division of Highways and the family of John W. Blue.
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