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“PRAIRIE HORIZONS TRAIL OFFICIALLY OPENS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Transportation was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1547 on July 20, 2005.
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PRAIRIE HORIZONS TRAIL OFFICIALLY OPENS
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HON. MARILYN N. MUSGRAVE
of colorado
in the house of representatives
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the groups and individuals who made the Prairie Horizons Trail a reality for Southeastern Colorado. It has been an extremely long process, but the hard work has come to fruition with the official opening of the Prairie Horizons Trail. This trail is a part of the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail.
This trail crosses the United States from Yorktown, VA to Astoria, OR and it passes through the beautiful Eastern Plains of Colorado's 4th Congressional District, with more than 100 miles of Highway 96.
Eastern Colorado communities and counties have come together to work on a plan for the trail corridor in the region, which has been named the Prairie Horizons Trail.
On July 1,2005 Joy Lujan with the National Parks Service and Janet Frederick, Executive Director for the Kiowa County Economic Development Foundation, were met in Sugar City, Ordway, Crowley, and Olney Springs by county commissioners, mayors and community activists as the Prairie Horizons trail was officially opened.
Lujan and Frederick presented business owners with commemorative
``Cyclists Welcome'' signs and spoke briefly about the new brochures about the trail.
I am proud to represent Crowley County Commissioners Dwight Gardner and Matt Heimerich along with Sugar City Councilwoman Eleanor Neiffert, Ordway Mayor Nancy Moore, Wendy Pettit with the Colorado Department of Transportation, Crowley County School Superintendent John McCleary, Olney Springs Mayor Deb DeVore, and the many other citizens who assisted in making this project possible. This is a wonderful addition to the Eastern Plains and to the communities in which this trail passes. It is my great honor to recognize the opening of the Prairie Horizons Trail.
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