Timeline of Laredo, Texas
Timeline of the history of Laredo, Texas, United States
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Laredo, Texas, USA.
18th-19th centuries
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- 1755 - May 15: Villa de Laredo founded by Tomás Sánchez and others in Spanish colonial Nuevo Santander, Viceroyalty of New Spain.[1][2]
- 1760 - Chapel built.[citation needed]
- 1767 - San Agustin Church founded.[3]
- 1790 - Population: 708.
- 1821 - Laredo becomes part of independent Mexican Empire.[4]
- 1840 - Laredo becomes capital of the Mexican insurgent Republic of the Rio Grande during the Mexican Federalist War.[4]
- 1846 - Laredo taken by U.S. Texas Rangers during the Mexican–American War.[5]
- 1847 - U.S. forces occupy town.[5]
- 1848
- Laredo becomes part of the U.S. per Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at end of Mexican–American War.
- Webb County, Texas created.[6]
- 1849 - U.S. military Camp Crawford established.[2]
- 1852 - Laredo "chartered as a Texas city."[2][5]
- 1860 - Population: 1,256.
- 1872 - San Agustin Church rebuilt.[3]
- 1880
- Corpus Christi-Laredo railway begins operating.[2]
- Population: 3,521.
- 1881
- Mexico-Laredo railway begins operating.[2]
- St. Peter's neighborhood development begins.[3]
- City plan for Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, "'Plano de los Dos Laredos' created by E.R. Laroche."[3][7]
- 1882
- 1883 - Daily Laredo Times newspaper begins publication.[9]
- 1888 - Laredo Improvement Company formed.[3]
- 1889
- 1890 - Population: 11,319.
- 1898 - Onion farming begins (approximate date).[2]
- 1900 - Population: 13,429.[5]
20th century
- 1904 - Laredo Academy established.[10]
- 1907 - Laredo United States Post Office, Court House and Custom House built.
- 1908 - Discovery of natural gas in vicinity of Laredo.[5]
- 1909 - Webb County Courthouse built.
- 1910 - Population: 14,855.[5]
- 1911 - Liga Femenil Mexicanista (women's group) founded in Laredo.[11]
- 1915 - Laredo public library active (approximate date).[12]
- 1920
- Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge opened.
- Population: 22,710.
- 1922
- 1937 - Foundry Workers' Union of Laredo formed.[13]
- 1938 - KPAB radio begins broadcasting.[14]
- 1946 - Fort McIntosh, Texas de-activated.
- 1947 - Laredo Junior College established.
- 1950 - Population: 51,910.
- 1954 - Flood.[3]
- 1956 - KGNS-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[15]
- 1969 - Texas A&M International University established.
- 1970
- River Drive Mall in business.
- Population: 69,678.
- 1977 - Mall del Norte in business.
- 1978 - Aldo Tatangelo becomes mayor.[16]
- 1980
- Webb County Heritage Foundation established.
- Population: 91,449.
- 1990
- Saul N. Ramirez, Jr. becomes mayor.[16]
- Population: 122,899.
- 1993
- Laredo Community College active.
- Cinemark Movies 12 (cinema) in business.[17]
- 1998 - Betty Flores becomes mayor.[16]
- 2000
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Laredo established.[18]
- Population: 176,576.
21st century
- 2001 - City website online (approximate date).[19][chronology citation needed]
- 2005 - Henry Cuellar becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 28th congressional district.[20][21]
- 2006 - Raul G. Salinas becomes mayor.[16]
- 2007 - Cinemark Mall Del Norte (cinema) in business.[17]
- 2008 - Rio Grande Detention Center opens, housing up to 1900 federal prisoners for the U.S. government [22]
- 2010 - Population: 236,091.[23]
- 2014 - Pete Saenz becomes mayor.[16]
See also
- Laredo, Texas history (es)
- List of mayors of Laredo, Texas
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Webb County, Texas
- Nuevo Laredo, Mexico history (es)
- Timelines of other cities in the South Texas area of Texas: Brownsville, Corpus Christi, McAllen, San Antonio
References
- ^ Herbert Eugene Bolton (1915). Texas in the Middle Eighteenth Century: Studies in Spanish Colonial History and Administration. University of California publications in history ;v. 3. University of California Press.
- ^ a b c d e f Federal Writers' Project 1940.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Laredo". City of Laredo. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- ^ a b Simons 1996.
- ^ a b c d e f g Britannica 1910.
- ^ Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- ^ "United States - Texas - Webb County - Laredo". Portal to Texas History. Denton: University of North Texas Libraries.
- ^ a b c "Local History". Laredo: Webb County Heritage Foundation. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- ^ "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- ^ Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide. Belo & Company. 1910.
- ^ "Timeline". Women in Texas History. Austin: Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation for Texas Women's History. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- ^ "News Notes". Texas Libraries. 1. Texas Library and Historical Commission. July 1915.
- ^ University of Texas Libraries. "Laredo". Texas Archival Resources Online. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- ^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Texas", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
- ^ Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Texas", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
- ^ a b c d e "History of Laredo Mayors" (PDF). City of Laredo. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Laredo, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- ^ "Official City of Laredo Home Page". Archived from the original on 2001-02-17 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- ^ "Texas". Official Congressional Directory: 110th Congress. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2007. hdl:2027/uc1.l0101186906 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Rio Grande Detention Center". GEO Group. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Laredo city, Texas". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
Bibliography
- "Laredo". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1890 – via Internet Archive.
- "Laredo". A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. 1907.
- "Laredo" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 215.
- Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Laredo", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House, hdl:2027/mdp.39015002677667 – via HathiTrust
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Stanley Cooper Green, Laredo, 1755–1920 (Laredo: Nuevo Santander Museum Complex, 1981)
- Gilberto Miguel Hinojosa, A Borderlands Town in Transition: Laredo, 1755–1870 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1983)
- Jerry Don Thompson, Laredo: A Pictorial History (Norfolk: Donning, 1986)
- Helen Simons; Cathryn A. Hoyt, eds. (1996). "Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley". A Guide to Hispanic Texas (Abridged ed.). University of Texas Press. pp. 69–120. ISBN 978-0-292-77709-5.
- Betty Dooley Awbrey; Stuart Awbrey (2013). "Laredo". Why Stop?: A Guide to Texas Roadside Historical Markers (6th ed.). Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 267+. ISBN 978-1-58979-790-1.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Laredo, Texas.
- "Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Laredo". Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin.
- "Laredo". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX.
- Carlos E. Cuéllar. "Laredo, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
- Items related to Laredo, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
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