Timeline of Laredo, Texas

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Laredo, Texas, USA.

18th-19th centuries[]

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]
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
- Laredo Seminary^[5] and city water works^[8] established.
- County Courthouse built.^[8]
1883 - Daily Laredo Times newspaper begins publication.^[9]
1888 - Laredo Improvement Company formed.^[3]
1889
- Street railway begins operating.^[3]
- "Foot and wagon bridge built across the Rio Grande" at Convent Avenue.^[3]^[8]
1890 - Population: 11,319.
1898 - Onion farming begins (approximate date).^[2]

20th century[]

1904 - Laredo Academy established.^[10]
1908 - Discovery of natural gas in vicinity of Laredo.^[5]
1909 - Webb County Courthouse built.
1910 - Population: 14,855.
1911 - Liga Femenil Mexicanista (women's group) founded in Laredo.^[11]
1915 - Laredo public library active (approximate date).^[12]
1920 - Population: 22,710.
1922
- International Bridge opens.^[3]
- Azteca Theater opens.^[3]
1937 - Foundry Workers' Union of Laredo formed.^[13]
1938 - KPAB radio begins broadcasting.^[14]
1947 - Laredo Junior College established.
1950 - Population: 51,910.
1954 - Flood.^[3]
1956 - KGNS-TV (television) begins broadcasting.^[15]
1970
- River Drive Mall in business.
- Population: 69,678.
1977 - Mall del Norte in business.
1978 - 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 - 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]

References[]

^ Herbert Eugene Bolton (1915). Texas in the Middle Eighteenth Century: Studies in Spanish Colonial History and Administration. University of California Press.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Federal Writers' Project 1940.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "History of Laredo". City of Laredo. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Simons 1996.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.
^ Jump up to: ^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. Texas Library and Historical Commission. 1. 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
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "History of Laredo Mayors" (PDF). City of Laredo. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^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 April 2001 – 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. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2007 – 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 (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Laredo", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House – via HathiTrust
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[]

"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).

[Bolton1915-1] Herbert Eugene Bolton (1915). Texas in the Middle Eighteenth Century: Studies in Spanish Colonial History and Administration. University of California Press.

[FOOTNOTEFederal_Writers'_Project1940-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Federal Writers' Project 1940.

[CityHistory-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "History of Laredo". City of Laredo. Retrieved June 27, 2016.

[FOOTNOTESimons1996-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Simons 1996.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Britannica 1910.

[6] Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved June 27, 2016.

[Portal-UNT-7] "United States - Texas - Webb County - Laredo". Portal to Texas History. Denton: University of North Texas Libraries.

[WCHF-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Local History". Laredo: Webb County Heritage Foundation. Retrieved June 27, 2016.

[LOC-9] "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved June 27, 2016.

[10] Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide. Belo & Company. 1910.

[women-11] "Timeline". Women in Texas History. Austin: Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation for Texas Women's History. Retrieved June 27, 2016.

[12] "News Notes". Texas Libraries. Texas Library and Historical Commission. 1. July 1915.

[taro-13] University of Texas Libraries. "Laredo". Texas Archival Resources Online. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved June 27, 2016.

[Alicoate1939-14] Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Texas", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636

[Alicoate1960-15] Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Texas", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206

[mayors-16] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "History of Laredo Mayors" (PDF). City of Laredo. Retrieved June 27, 2016.

[cinema-17] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Movie Theaters in Laredo, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2016.

[katolsk-18] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved June 27, 2016.

[19] "Official City of Laredo Home Page". Archived from the original on April 2001 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.

[GovTrack-20] Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved June 27, 2016.

[21] "Texas". Official Congressional Directory: 110th Congress. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2007 – via HathiTrust.

[22] "Rio Grande Detention Center". GEO Group. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.

[23] "Laredo city, Texas". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 27, 2016.

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References[]

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