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

 

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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Senate Concurrent RESOLUTION—Memorializing prominent Nevada rancher Brooks Park.

 

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

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

 prominent Carson Valley ranching family; and

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

 Douglas County schools and graduated from the University of Nevada;

 and

   Whereas, Unity and David Brooks Park journeyed from Canada to

 Nevada, arriving in Mottsville in 1863, before Nevada became a state, and

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

 Tahoe in the summers; and

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

 pioneering family by prospering and living off the land, passing that

 legacy on to his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and

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

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

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

 area; and

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

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

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

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

 “America’s Top 100 Golf Courses”; and

   Whereas, In 1935, Brooks Park formed the Park Cattle Company and

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

 owner in Douglas County; and

   Whereas, In 1937, Brooks Park married Jeanne Cardinal, whom he

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

 prominent Nevada family, the Dangbergs; and

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

 at Lake Tahoe, which had been used for grazing cattle and sheep, to

 several large casinos which remain on that land today; and

   Whereas, The Carson Valley rancher is fondly remembered by his

 family and friends as a hardworking visionary and environmentalist, with

 a passionate love for ranching and for the land, who once told one of his

 grandchildren that the Carson Valley was the “most beautiful place in the

 world”; and

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

qualities were his perseverance, integrity and sense of humor; and

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

 St. Gall Catholic Church; and

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

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

-grandchildren; now, therefore, be it

   Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly

 Concurring, That the members of the 71st session of the Nevada

 Legislature and the residents of Nevada offer their heartfelt sympathy and

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

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

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

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

 

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