Timeline of the history of Laredo, Texas, United States
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Laredo , Texas , USA.
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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]
1760 - Chapel built.[citation needed ]
1767 - San Agustin Church founded.[3]
1790 - Population: 708.
1821 - Laredo becomes part of independent Mexican Empire .
1840 - Laredo becomes capital of the Mexican insurgent Republic of the Rio Grande during the Mexican Federalist War .
1846 - Laredo taken by U.S. Texas Rangers during the Mexican–American War .
1847 - U.S. forces occupy town.
1848
1849 - U.S. military Camp Crawford established.
1852 - Laredo "chartered as a Texas city."
1860 - Population: 1,256.
1872 - San Agustin Church rebuilt.[3]
1880
1881
Mexico-Laredo railway begins operating.
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 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).
20th century [ ]
1904 - Laredo Academy established.[10]
1908 - Discovery of natural gas in vicinity of Laredo.
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
21st century [ ]
See also [ ]
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 g h i j "History of Laredo" . City of Laredo. Retrieved June 27, 2016 .
^ 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 .
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