Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 44–Senators Jacobsen, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Porter, Raggio, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

 

May 15, 2001

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Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Hettrick, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Smith, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Memorializes prominent Nevada rancher Brooks Park. (BDR R‑1325)

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

Senate Concurrent RESOLUTION—Memorializing prominent Nevada rancher Brooks Park.

 

1-1    Whereas, On January 27, 2000, the residents of Nevada were saddened

1-2  by the loss of Brooks Park, a third-generation Nevadan and patriarch of a

1-3  prominent Carson Valley ranching family; and

1-4    Whereas, Brooks Park was born in Reno on August 31, 1912, attended

1-5  Douglas County schools and graduated from the University of Nevada; and

1-6    Whereas, Unity and David Brooks Park journeyed from Canada to

1-7  Nevada, arriving in Mottsville in 1863, before Nevada became a state, and

1-8  began ranching in the valley, while running a large dairy operation at Lake

1-9  Tahoe in the summers; and

1-10    Whereas, Brooks Park, their grandson, carried on the legacy of his

1-11  pioneering family by prospering and living off the land, passing that legacy

1-12  on to his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and

1-13    Whereas, In 1896, the Park family purchased Friday’s Station, which

1-14  had served as a stage line for Wells Fargo Express and the Pony Express,

2-1  and which was known for the finest hunting and fishing in the Lake Tahoe

2-2  area; and

2-3    Whereas, In 1965, at the site of Friday’s Station, Brooks Park had the

2-4  vision to create Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, which is now known as a

2-5  world-class golf course with spectacular views of Lake Tahoe and the

2-6  surrounding mountains, and which was rated by Golf Digest as one of

2-7  “America’s Top 100 Golf Courses”; and

2-8    Whereas, In 1935, Brooks Park formed the Park Cattle Company and

2-9  continued to expand on his land holdings, becoming the largest property

2-10  owner in Douglas County; and

2-11    Whereas, In 1937, Brooks Park married Jeanne Cardinal, whom he

2-12  had known since grade school and who was a descendant of another

2-13  prominent Nevada family, the Dangbergs; and

2-14    Whereas, In the early 1960s, the Park family leased some of their land

2-15  at Lake Tahoe, which had been used for grazing cattle and sheep, to several

2-16  large casinos which remain on that land today; and

2-17    Whereas, The Carson Valley rancher is fondly remembered by his

2-18  family and friends as a hardworking visionary and environmentalist, with a

2-19  passionate love for ranching and for the land, who once told one of his

2-20  grandchildren that the Carson Valley was the “most beautiful place in the

2-21  world”; and

2-22    Whereas, Bruce Park believes that his father’s most endearing

2-23  qualities were his perseverance, integrity and sense of humor; and

2-24    Whereas, Brooks Park was a devout Catholic and an active member of

2-25  St. Gall Catholic Church; and

2-26    Whereas, Brooks Park was a very proud family man and will be

2-27  greatly missed by his wife, 3 children, 14 grandchildren and 12 great-

2-28  grandchildren; now, therefore, be it

2-29    Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly

2-30  Concurring, That the members of the 71st session of the Nevada

2-31  Legislature and the residents of Nevada offer their heartfelt sympathy and

2-32  condolences to the family and friends of Brooks Park; and be it further

2-33    Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a copy

2-34  of this resolution to Jeanne, Brooks’ wife of 63 years, and to his children,

2-35  Bruce Park of Minden, Kay Seeliger of Reno and Jeanne Blach of Elko.

 

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