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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of McAllen, Texas , USA.
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20th century [ ]
1904 - West McAllen townsite established.[1]
1905 - St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad begins operating.[1]
1907 - East McAllen development begins.[1]
1909
1910 - Population: 150.[1]
1911
1916 - "12,000 soldiers...stationed in McAllen...during the period of border disturbances."
1918 - Casa de Palmas hotel built.
1920 - Population: 5,331.
1924 - Chamber of Commerce formed.[7]
1925 - McAllen Municipal Hospital built.[3]
1926 - Reynosa-McAllen international bridge built.[3]
1927 - Southern Pacific Railroad Depot opens.
1928 - First United Methodist Church built.[1]
1933
Reynosa-McAllen bridge rebuilt.[3]
Bandstand erected in Archer Park.
1934 - Collapse of Reynosa-McAllen bridge.[3]
1935
Post Office built.
Quinta Mazatlan (residence) construction begins.[8]
1936 - Deepwater Port of Brownsville opens in vicinity of McAllen.
1940 - Queen Theater in business.[9] [chronology citation needed ]
1941 - McAllen–Hidalgo–Reynosa International Bridge built.[4]
1944 - McAllen Public Library established.
1946 - "Civic center" built.
1947 - KRIO (AM) radio begins broadcasting.[11]
1948
Cine El Rey (cinema) in business.[9]
Discos Falcón (recording studio) in business.[12] [13]
1949 - Synagogue built.[14]
1950 - Population: 20,067.
1952 - Miller Airport opens.
1967 - September: Hurricane Beulah occurs.
1970 - Foreign trade zone established.[15] [16]
1976 - La Plaza Mall in business.[1]
1977 - Rosie Jimenez , also known as Rosaura Jimenez, is the first woman known to have died due to an illegal abortion after the Hyde Amendment was passed.[17] [18] Jimenez died at age 27 in 1977 from an illegal abortion in McAllen, Texas.[19]
1980 - Population: 66,281.[1]
1987 - Phyllis Griggs was elected as the city's first female commissioner in 1987, and served until 2001.[20]
1989 - September 21: "Alton school bus accident."[3]
1992 - Las Tiendas Shopping Mall in business.[3]
1993
1995 - City Hall rebuilt.[1]
1997
1998 - Texas State Bank building constructed.[1]
1999 - "Futuro McAllen" civic group formed.[3]
2000
Green jay designated official city bird.[3]
Population: 106,414.
21st century [ ]
See also [ ]
References [ ]
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "City History" . City of McAllen. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012.
^ "US Newspaper Directory" . Chronicling America . Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Outline History of McAllen, Texas and the Surrounding Area" . McAllen Heritage Center. Retrieved April 9, 2017 . (Timeline)
^ a b Alicia A. Garza (2010-06-15). "McAllen, TX" . Handbook of Texas Online . Texas State Historical Association . Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
^ a b "History of Election of Mayors & City Officials" (PDF) . City of McAllen. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
^ "About" . McAllen Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
^ a b "About Us: History" . Quinta Mazatlan . City of McAllen, etc. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
^ a b "Movie Theaters in McAllen, TX" . CinemaTreasures.org . Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
^ "AM Stations in the U.S.: Texas" , Radio Annual Television Year Book , New York: Radio Television Daily, 1963, OCLC 10512375 – via Internet Archive
^ Gary Hickinbotham (2004). "History of the Texas Recording Industry" . Journal of Texas Music History . 4 – via Texas State University .
^ "Handbook of Texas Online" . Texas State Historical Association.
^ "Texas: South Texas: McAllen" . Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities . Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life . Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
^ "U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board Order Summary" . Washington DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration . Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
^ Susan Tiefenbrun (2012), Tax Free Trade Zones of the World and in the United States , Edward Elgar, p. 84, ISBN 9781849802437
^ "Hyde Amendment" . Newpol.org. Retrieved 2017-10-07 .
^ "Books: Rosie,' a Death" . New York Times . October 12, 1979.
^ Grant, Rebecca (September 13, 2017). "Does Your Insurance Cover Abortion?" . The New Republic .
^ TBB (March 17, 2015). "Achievements of First Hispanic Mayor, First Woman Commissioner Recognized" . Texas Border Business.
^ "Official Web Site for the City of McAllen" . Archived from the original on June 26, 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine .
^ Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.). "United States of America: Texas" . Official City Sites . Utah. OCLC 40169021 . Archived from the original on August 24, 2000.
^ "Texas" . Official Congressional Directory . Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1997 – via HathiTrust .
^ a b "About" . McAllen Heritage Center. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
^ "McAllen city, Texas" . QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
^ "Big-Box Store Has New Life as an Airy Public Library" , New York Times , September 1, 2012
^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress" . GovTrack . Washington, D.C. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .
^ Pappas, Alex (January 10, 2019). "Trump highlights human trafficking as he calls for 'strong barrier' during visit to US-Mexico border" . Fox News . Retrieved January 11, 2019 .
Bibliography [ ]
"McAllen" . Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory . Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co. 1914.
Helen Simons; Cathryn A. Hoyt, eds. (1996). "Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley: McAllen". Guide to Hispanic Texas (Abridged ed.). University of Texas Press. pp. 95+. ISBN 978-0-292-77709-5 .
Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Texas: McAllen". Historical Gazetteer of the United States . Taylor & Francis. pp. 1069+. ISBN 1-135-94859-3 .
Foresight McAllen: McAllen Comprehensive Plan (PDF) , City of McAllen, 2007
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