Timeline of Chattanooga, Tennessee
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.
19th century[]
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- 1838 – Cherokee Nation removed from Chattanooga, marched out to 'Indian Territory' (now Oklahoma) on the 'Trail of Tears'
- 1840 – James Enfield Berry becomes mayor.[1]
- 1849 – Western & Atlantic Railroad begins operating.[2]
- 1851 – City chartered.[2]
- 1854 – Nashville & Chattanooga Railway in operation.[2]
- 1862 – June: First Battle of Chattanooga.
- 1863
- September: Occupation by Union forces begins.[2]
- November 24: Battle of Lookout Mountain.
- November 25: Battle of Missionary Ridge.
- 1866 – March: Occupation by Union forces ends.[2]
- 1867 – March: The largest flood in the city's recorded history.
- 1869 – Chattanooga Times newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1882 – Walnut Street Temple dedicated.[4]
- 1890 – Walnut Street Bridge built.
20th century[]
- 1905 – Chattanooga Public Library opens.
- 1906 - Lynching of Ed Johnson
- 1909 – Hixson High School founded.
- 1917 – Market Street Bridge built.
- 1921 – Tivoli Theatre opens.[5]
- 1923 – Chattanooga Theatre Centre founded.[6]
- 1924 – Memorial Auditorium built.[5]
- 1925 – WDOD radio begins broadcasting.[7]
- 1930 – Population: 119,798.[8]
- 1933 – Chattanooga Free Press newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1935 – Electric Power Board of Chattanooga established.
- 1937 – Chattanooga Zoo at Warner Park established.[9]
- 1940 – Population: 128,163.[8]
- 1950 – Population: 131,041.[8]
- 1954 – WDEF-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[10]
- 1956 – WRGP-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[10]
- 1959 – Olgiati Bridge built.
- 1960 – Population: 130,009.[8]
- 1961 – Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum founded.[11]
- 1972 – Twelve Tribes (religious group)[12] and National Knife Museum[11] founded.
- 1975 – Marilyn Lloyd becomes U.S. representative for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district.[13]
- 1980 – Population: 169,565.[8]
- 1983 – Chattanooga African-American Museum established.[11]
- 1983-97 – Gene Roberts began city's longest term as mayor.
- 1984 – Veterans Memorial Bridge built.
- 1987 – Fellowship of Southern Writers headquartered in Chattanooga.
- 1989 – Federal judge ordered change in city governance to city council system to allow for more demographically-correct African-American political representation in City Council (Brown vs. Board of Commissioners of the City of Chattanooga)
- 1992 – Tennessee Aquarium opened.[9]
- 1995 – International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum established.
- 1997
- City website online (approximate date).[14][chronology citation needed]
- elected mayor.
- 1999 – Chattanooga Times Free Press newspaper in publication.
21st century[]
- 2001 – Bob Corker elected mayor.
- 2005
- Hunter Museum of American Art building expanded.
- Ron Littlefield elected mayor.
- 2009 Ron Littlefield re-elected mayor.
- 2010
- Electric Power Board's one gigabit per second Internet service began.
- Population: 167,674.[15]
- 2011
- Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant began operating.
- Chuck Fleischmann elected U.S. representative for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district.[16]
- 2013 – Andy Berke elected mayor.
- 2015 – Lone-wolf terrorist shooting, killed five military members and injuring three others.
- 2017 – Andy Berke re-elected mayor.
See also[]
- Chattanooga history
- List of mayors of Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Timelines of other cities in Tennessee: Clarksville, Knoxville, Memphis, Murfreesboro, Nashville
References[]
- ^ "History of Mayors". Chattanooga.gov. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Federal Writers' Project 1939.
- ^ a b "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ "Chattanooga, Tennessee". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ a b "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ "American Association of Community Theatre". Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Tennessee", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
- ^ a b c d e Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Tennessee", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
- ^ a b c American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Tennessee: Chattanooga". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). p. 758. ISBN 0759100020.
- ^ James R. Lewis (2002), Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions (2nd ed.), Prometheus Books, ISBN 9781573928885
- ^ "Tennessee". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1977. hdl:2027/uc1.31158002391372.
- ^ "City of Chattanooga". Archived from the original on May 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Chattanooga (city), Tennessee". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 18, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
Bibliography[]
- Published in the 19th century
- "Chattanooga". Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1860-61. Nashville: John L. Mitchell.
- R.H. Long (1863), "Chattanooga", Hunt's Gazetteer of the Border and Southern States, Pittsburgh, Pa.: John P. Hunt
- "Chattanooga, and How We Held It", Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 36, 1868, hdl:2027/njp.32101064075607
- Joseph Buckner Killebrew; Tennessee Bureau of Agriculture (1874), "East Tennessee: Hamilton County: Chattanooga", Introduction to the Resources of Tennessee, 1, Nashville: Tavel, Eastman & Howell
- "Chattanooga". Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Nashville: R.L. Polk & Company. 1876.
- Z. Harrison (1878), "Chattanooga", Description of the Cincinnati Southern Railway from Cincinnati to Chattanooga, Cincinnati: Spencer & Craig, OCLC 13741078
- J.E. MacGowan (1893). "Chattanooga, Tennessee". East Tennessee: Historical and Biographical. Chattanooga, Tenn.: A.D. Smith & Co. hdl:2027/wu.89077948958.
- "Chattanooga", Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to the Southeastern States, Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1899 – via Internet Archive
- Published in the 20th century
- "Chattanooga", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Thomas E. Murray (1906), Chattanooga, the Mountain City, Chattanooga, Tenn: Chattanooga & Tennessee River Power Co., OCLC 13851806, OL 6969382M
- Municipal Record, City of Chattanooga. 1911-
- Susie McCarver Webster (1915), Historic City, Chattanooga, Chattanooga: McGowan-Cooke, OCLC 11074742, OL 6583618M
- Federal Writers' Project (1939), "Chattanooga", Tennessee: a Guide to the State, American Guide Series, New York: Viking, pp. 251–269, hdl:2027/mdp.39015066068928
- Tennessee Historical Records Survey (1940), "Hamilton County (Chattanooga)", Directory of Churches, Missions, and Religious Institutions of Tennessee, Nashville (33)
- James W. Livingood (1981). Joy Bailey Dunn (ed.). Hamilton County. Tennessee County History Series. Memphis State University Press. OCLC 6820526.
(Includes information about Chattanooga)
- Published in the 21st century
- Eric W. Allison; Lauren Peters (2010). "Revitalizing Downtown Case Study: Chattanooga, Tennessee". Historic Preservation and the Livable City. John Wiley & Sons. p. 112+. ISBN 978-0-470-90073-4.
- "Bounding Back: The Chattanooga Story", MetroTrends, Washington DC: Urban Institute, 2011
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