Timeline of Waco, Texas
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Waco, Texas, USA.
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19th century
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- 1830 - Hueco village sacked by Cherokees.[1]
- 1845 - Anglo Neil McLennan settles in area.[2]
- 1849 - March 1: "First sale of town lots at Waco village."[2]
- 1850
- Brazos River ferry begins operating.[2]
- Waco becomes seat of newly established McLennan County, Texas.[3][4]
- 1851 - Population: 152.[3]
- 1852 - First Street Cemetery established (approximate date).[5][6]
- 1854 - Waco Era newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1856 - Town of Waco incorporated.[1]
- 1858 - Southern Democrat newspaper begins publication.[7][8]
- 1861 - Waco University founded.[1]
- 1865 - Waco Examiner newspaper begins publication.[9]
- 1866 - New Hope Baptist Church established.[5]
- 1870
- Waco Suspension Bridge opens.[2]
- Waco Tap Railroad begins operating.[10]
- Population: 3,008.
- 1871 - First Presbyterian Church built.[5]
- 1872 - Waco and Northwestern Railroad begins operating.[2][3]
- 1873
- 1877 - Paul Quinn College relocated to Waco from Austin.
- 1878 - Oakwood Cemetery established.[11]
- 1879 - St. Paul's Episcopal Church rebuilt.[5]
- 1880 - Population: 7,295.
- 1881 - Rodeph Sholom Synagogue dedicated.[12]
- 1884
- 1885
- Slayden-Kirksey Woolen Mill in business.[15]
- Baylor University relocated to Waco from Independence.[1]
- Flavored beverage "Dr. Pepper first mixed at Old Corner Drug in Waco."[16]
- 1889 - "Hot artesian water...discovered beneath the city."[3]
- 1890
- C.C. McCulloch elected mayor.[17]
- Population: 14,445.
- 1892 - Geyser Ice Company in business.[10]
- 1894 - Cotton Palace Exposition begins.[10]
- 1895
- AddRan College relocated to Waco from Thorp Spring.[1]
- Floral Society formed.[18]
- 1897 - Waco Times-Herald newspaper in publication.[7]
- 1898 - April 1: "Brann-Davis shooting."[5]
- 1899 - Public library established.[16]
20th century
- 1900 - Population: 20,686.
- 1901 - McLennan County Courthouse built.[19]
- 1906 - Dr. Pepper bottling plant built.[19]
- 1910 - Brazos Valley Cotton Oil mill in business.[10]
- 1911
- Amicable Life Insurance Co. building constructed.[19]
- Farmers' Improvement Bank founded.[3]
- Rex Theatre in business.[20]
- 1912 - Raleigh Hotel built.[19]
- 1914
- 1916 - May 15: Lynching of Jesse Washington.
- 1919 - Elite Cafe in business.[21][10]
- 1920 - Population: 38,500.
- 1923 - July 30: Execution of Roy Mitchell.
- 1929 - Alamo Plaza Motor Hotel chain in business.
- 1930 - Population: 52,848.
- 1931 - St. Francis Catholic Church built.[19]
- 1936 - September: Flood.[10]
- 1937 - Blue Triangle Young Women's Christian Association formed.[22]
- 1945 - U.S. Veterans Administration Medical Center built.
- 1950 - Population: 84,706.
- 1953 - May: 1953 Waco tornado outbreak.[10]
- 1955 - Cameron Park Zoo established.[23]
- 1964 - Urban renewal project begins.[16]
- 1965 - Flood control dam built on Brazos River basin.[2]
- 1967 - Historic Waco Foundation established.
- 1974 - Oscar De Conge becomes mayor.[16]
- 1980 - Population: 101,261.
- 1982 - July: 1982 Lake Waco murders.
- 1993 - February 28 - April 19: Siege of religious Mount Carmel Center near Waco.
21st century
- 2010 - Population: city 124,805;[24] megaregion 19,728,244.[25]
- 2011 - Bill Flores becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 17th congressional district.[26][27]
- 2012 - Malcolm P. Duncan Jr. becomes mayor.[28]
- 2015 - May 17: 2015 Waco shootout.
- 2016 - Kyle Deaver becomes mayor.
See also
- Waco, Texas history
- List of mayors of Waco, Texas
- National Register of Historic Places listings in McLennan County, Texas
- Other cities in Texas
- Timeline of Arlington, Texas
- Timeline of Austin, Texas
- Timeline of Brownsville, Texas
- Timeline of Corpus Christi
- Timeline of Dallas
- Timeline of El Paso, Texas
- Timeline of Fort Worth, Texas
- Timeline of Houston
- Timeline of Laredo, Texas
- Timeline of Lubbock, Texas
- Timeline of San Antonio
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Britannica 1910.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Awbrey 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bracken 2010.
- ↑ Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 McLennan College 1986.
- ↑ Willis 2009.
- 1 2 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Evolution of the Daily Press of Texas". Fourth Estate. New York. March 27, 1915. OCLC 1569934.
- ↑ "United States - Texas - McLennan County - Waco". Portal to Texas History. Denton: University of North Texas Libraries.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "WacoHistory.org". Baylor University. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ↑ Bill Harvey (2003). "Waco". Texas Cemeteries: The Resting Places of Famous, Infamous, and Just Plain Interesting Texans. University of Texas Press. p. 250+. ISBN 978-0-292-77934-1.
- ↑ "Texas: Northeast Texas: Waco". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- 1 2 "Texas". Harry Miner's American Dramatic Directory. NY: Wolf & Palmer. 1884.
- ↑ Waco Daily Examiner, December 24, 1885 – via U.S. Library of Congress
- ↑ "Handbook of Texas Online". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Waco History Timeline". Waco History Project. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ↑ Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co. 1893. ISBN 978-1-4035-0020-5.
- ↑ Directory 1902.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Jay C. Henry (1993). Architecture in Texas: 1895-1945. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-73072-4.
- 1 2 "Movie Theaters in Waco, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ↑ Sheryl Smith-Rodgers (2000). Texas Old-Time Restaurants & Cafes. Republic of Texas Press. ISBN 978-1-4616-2549-0.
- ↑ "Timeline". Women in Texas History. Austin: Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation for Texas Women's History. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ↑ Vernon N. Kisling, Jr., ed. (2001). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
- ↑ "Waco city, Texas". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Megaregions: Texas Triangle". America 2050. USA: Regional Plan Association. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
- ↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Texas". Official Congressional Directory: 113th Congress. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2013 – via HathiTrust.
- ↑ "City of Waco Mayor and Council 1895-present" (PDF). City of Waco, Texas. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
Bibliography
published in the 19th c.
- Sleeper and Hutchins, ed. (1876). Waco and McLennan County.
- "Waco". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. St. Louis: R.L. Polk & Co. 1884 – via Internet Archive.
- "Waco". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1890 – via Internet Archive.
published in the 20th c.
- Directory of the City of Waco. Galveston: Morrison & Fourmy. 1902 – via University of North Texas Libraries.
- "Waco", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- James H. Mackey, ed. (1914). Municipal Hand Book of the City of Waco.
- Ellis A. Davis; Edwin H. Grobe (eds.). "(Waco)". New Encyclopedia of Texas. Dallas: Texas Development Bureau. pp. 76–79 – via Internet Archive. circa 1926? (fulltext)
- Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Waco", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House – via HathiTrust + chronology
- Roger N. Conger. Highlights of Waco History. Waco: Hill Printing and Stationery Co, 1945.
- Dayton Kelley (1972). Handbook of Waco and McLennan County, Texas. Texian Press.
- William R. Poage (1981). McLennan County, Before 1980. Texian Press.
- Patricia Ward Wallace (1983). Waco: Texas Crossroads.
- Historical Markers of McLennan County. Waco: McLennan College. 1986. OCLC 14699197 – via Waco History Project. (fulltext)
- Agnes Warren Barnes (1999). Waco, Texas: A Postcard Journey. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0-7385-0297-7.
- Patricia Ward Wallace (1999). Waco: A Sesquicentennial History.
published in the 21st c.
- Garry H. Radford, Sr. (2000). African American Heritage in Waco, Texas. Austin: Eakin Press.
- Selected Publications with Some Mention of Waco and the Waco Area (PDF), Waco History Project, 2009 (bibliography)
- T. Bradford Willis (2009), Some Notable Persons in First Street Cemetery of Waco, Texas (PDF) – via University of North Texas Libraries (fulltext)
- Sharon Bracken (2010). "Waco". Historic McLennan County: An Illustrated History. San Antonio: Lammert. pp. 7–15. ISBN 978-1-935377-22-1.
- Betty Dooley Awbrey; Stuart Awbrey (2013). "Waco". Why Stop?: A Guide to Texas Roadside Historical Markers (6th ed.). Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 480+. ISBN 978-1-58979-790-1.
- Eric Ames (2016). Waco. Images of Modern America. Arcadia. ISBN 978-1-4671-1552-0.
External links
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- "Waco City Directories, 1878-1923" – via Baylor University. (fulltext)
- "Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Waco". Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin.
- "Waco". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX.
- "'Must Have' Books on Waco History". Waco History Project. (bibliography)
- "HIS 3300 Methods in Public & Oral History: Waco, McLennan County, and Texas Histories". Research Guides. Baylor University Libraries.
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