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词条 Timeline of Waco, Texas
释义

  1. 19th century

  2. 20th century

  3. 21st century

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. Bibliography

     published in 19th c.  published in 20th c.  published in 21st c. 

  7. External links

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

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19th century

{{Texas History}}
  • 1830 - Hueco village sacked by Cherokees.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1845 - Anglo Neil McLennan settles in area.{{sfn|Awbrey|2013}}
  • 1849 - March 1: "First sale of town lots at Waco village."{{sfn|Awbrey|2013}}
  • 1850
    • Brazos River ferry begins operating.{{sfn|Awbrey|2013}}
    • Waco becomes seat of newly established McLennan County, Texas.{{sfn|Bracken|2010}}[1]
  • 1851 - Population: 152.{{sfn|Bracken|2010}}
  • 1852 - First Street Cemetery established (approximate date).{{sfn|McLennan College|1986}}{{sfn|Willis|2009}}
  • 1854 - Waco Era newspaper begins publication.{{sfn|Bracken|2010}}
  • 1856 - Town of Waco incorporated.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1858 - Southern Democrat newspaper begins publication.[2][2]
  • 1861 - Waco University founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1865 - Waco Examiner newspaper begins publication.[3]
  • 1866 - New Hope Baptist Church established.{{sfn|McLennan College|1986}}
  • 1870
    • Waco Suspension Bridge opens.{{sfn|Awbrey|2013}}
    • Waco Tap Railroad begins operating.[4]
    • Population: 3,008.
  • 1871 - First Presbyterian Church built.{{sfn|McLennan College|1986}}
  • 1872 - Waco and Northwestern Railroad begins operating.{{sfn|Awbrey|2013}}{{sfn|Bracken|2010}}
  • 1873
    • Fletcher Cemetery established.{{sfn|Awbrey|2013}}
    • Sanger Brothers shop in business.[4]
  • 1877 - Paul Quinn College relocated to Waco from Austin.
  • 1878 - Oakwood Cemetery established.[5]
  • 1879 - St. Paul's Episcopal Church rebuilt.{{sfn|McLennan College|1986}}
  • 1880 - Population: 7,295.
  • 1881 - Rodeph Sholom Synagogue dedicated.[6]
  • 1884
    • Garland Opera House in business.[7]
    • McClelland Opera House in business (approximate date).[7][8]
  • 1885
    • Slayden-Kirksey Woolen Mill in business.[9]
    • Baylor University relocated to Waco from Independence.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
    • Flavored beverage "Dr. Pepper first mixed at Old Corner Drug in Waco."[13]
  • 1889 - "Hot artesian water...discovered beneath the city."{{sfn|Bracken|2010}}
  • 1890
    • C.C. McCulloch elected mayor.[10]
    • Population: 14,445.
  • 1892 - Geyser Ice Company in business.[4]
  • 1894 - Cotton Palace Exposition begins.[4]
  • 1895
    • AddRan College relocated to Waco from Thorp Spring.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
    • Floral Society formed.{{sfn|Directory|1902}}
  • 1897 - Waco Times-Herald newspaper in publication.[11]
  • 1898 - April 1: "Brann-Davis shooting."{{sfn|McLennan College|1986}}
  • 1899 - Public library established.[13]
  • 1900 - Population: 20,686.

20th century

  • 1901 - McLennan County Courthouse built.[12]{{Page needed|date=November 2016}}
  • 1906 - Dr. Pepper bottling plant built.[12]
  • 1910 - Brazos Valley Cotton Oil mill in business.[4]
  • 1911
    • Amicable Life Insurance Co. building constructed.[12]
    • Farmers' Improvement Bank founded.{{sfn|Bracken|2010}}
    • Rex Theatre in business.[13]
  • 1912 - Raleigh Hotel built.[12]
  • 1914
    • Hippodrome Theatre opens.[13]{{sfn|McLennan College|1986}}
    • Kestner's store in business.[4]
  • 1916 - May 15: Lynching of Jesse Washington.
  • 1919 - Elite Cafe in business.[14][4]
  • 1920 - Population: 38,500.
  • 1922 - WACO radio begins broadcasting.[15]
  • 1923 - July 30: Execution of Roy Mitchell.
  • 1929 - Alamo Plaza Motor Hotel chain in business.
  • 1930 - Population: 52,848.
  • 1931 - St. Francis Catholic Church built.[12]
  • 1936 - September: Flood.[4]
  • 1937 - Blue Triangle Young Women's Christian Association formed.[16]
  • 1945 - U.S. Veterans Administration Medical Center built.
  • 1950 - Population: 84,706.
  • 1953 - May: 1953 Waco tornado outbreak.[17]
  • 1955
    • KWTX-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[18]
    • Cameron Park Zoo established.[19]
  • 1964 - Urban renewal project begins.[13]
  • 1965 - Flood control dam built on Brazos River basin.{{sfn|Awbrey|2013}}
  • 1967 - Historic Waco Foundation established. 
  • 1974 - Oscar De Conge becomes mayor.[20]
  • 1980 - Population: 101,261.
  • 1982 - July: 1982 Lake Waco murders.
  • 1993 - February 28 - April 19: Siege of religious Mount Carmel Center near Waco.

21st century

  • 2010 - Population: city 124,805;[21] megaregion 19,728,244.[22]
  • 2012 - Malcolm P. Duncan Jr. becomes mayor.[23]
  • 2015 - May 17: 2015 Waco shootout.
  • 2016 - Kyle Deaver becomes mayor.

See also

  • Waco, Texas history
  • List of mayors of Waco, Texas
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in McLennan County, Texas
  • Timelines of other cities in Texas: Arlington, Austin, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston, Laredo, Lubbock, San Antonio

References

1. ^{{cite web |url= http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/ |title= Texas: Individual County Chronologies |work=Atlas of Historical County Boundaries |author=Scholl Center for American History and Culture |publisher=Newberry Library |location=Chicago |accessdate=June 28, 2016 }}
2. ^{{cite journal |journal=Fourth Estate |oclc=1569934 |location=New York |title=Evolution of the Daily Press of Texas |date=March 27, 1915 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8Rw9AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA10-PA14 }}
3. ^{{cite web |url= https://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?q6=%22United%20States%20-%20Texas%20-%20McLennan%20County%20-%20Waco%22&t6=dc_coverage&t3=untl_agent&src=ark&searchType=advanced |title=United States - Texas - McLennan County - Waco |work=Portal to Texas History |publisher=University of North Texas Libraries |location=Denton }}
4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web |url=http://wacohistory.org |title=WacoHistory.org |publisher= Baylor University |accessdate=June 28, 2016 }}
5. ^{{cite book|author=Bill Harvey|title=Texas Cemeteries: The Resting Places of Famous, Infamous, and Just Plain Interesting Texans |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=J360E4TIImkC |year= 2003 |publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-77934-1 |chapter=Waco |page=250+ }}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.isjl.org/texas-northeast-encyclopedia.html|title= Texas: Northeast Texas: Waco |work= Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities |publisher= Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life |location=Jackson, Mississippi |accessdate=July 30, 2016 }}
7. ^1 {{cite book|title=Harry Miner's American Dramatic Directory |year=1884|publisher=Wolf & Palmer |location=NY |chapter=Texas |chapterurl= https://books.google.com/books?id=VMo6AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA322 }}
8. ^{{citation |title=Waco Daily Examiner |date= December 24, 1885 |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022109/1885-12-24/ed-1/seq-3/ |via=U.S. Library of Congress }}
9. ^{{cite web |title= Handbook of Texas Online |url= https://tshaonline.org |publisher= Texas State Historical Association |accessdate=June 28, 2016}}
10. ^{{cite book|title=Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6OYxAQAAMAAJ|year=1893|publisher=Lewis Publishing Co. |location=Chicago |isbn=978-1-4035-0020-5}}
11. ^1 {{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?city=Waco&rows=50&state=Texas&page=1&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |accessdate=June 28, 2016 }}
12. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book|author=Jay C. Henry|title=1895-1945|year=1993|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-73072-4}}
13. ^1 {{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-states/texas/waco?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Waco, TX |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |accessdate=June 28, 2016 }}
14. ^{{cite book|author= Sheryl Smith-Rodgers |title=Texas Old-Time Restaurants & Cafes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JrY3St2y-WwC|year= 2000|publisher=Republic of Texas Press|isbn=978-1-4616-2549-0}}
15. ^{{citation |title=Radio Annual |oclc=2459636 |year=1939 |editor= Jack Alicoate |publisher= Radio Daily |location=New York |chapterurl= https://archive.org/stream/radioannual193900radi#page/378/mode/2up |chapter= Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Texas }}
16. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.womenintexashistory.org/timeline/ |title= Timeline |work=Women in Texas History |publisher=Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation for Texas Women's History |location=Austin |accessdate=June 28, 2016 }}
17. ^{{cite web|title= List of the top 10 worst tornadoes in Texas history |url= https://www.weather.gov/ama/top10_tornadoes |publisher=National Weather Service |location=Amarillo, TX |accessdate= April 14, 2017}}
18. ^{{citation |title=Radio Annual and Television Year Book |oclc=10512206 |year=1960 |editor=Charles A. Alicoate |publisher= Radio Daily Corp. |location=New York |chapter=Television Stations: Texas |chapterurl= https://archive.org/stream/radio00radi#page/849/mode/2up }}
19. ^{{cite book|editor=Vernon N. Kisling, Jr. |title=Zoo and Aquarium History|year= 2001|publisher=CRC Press |location=USA |isbn=978-1-4200-3924-5 |chapter=Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list) |chapterurl= https://books.google.com/books?id=ulbMBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA375 }}
20. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://wacohistoryproject.org/timeline.html |title=Waco History Timeline |publisher=Waco History Project |accessdate=June 28, 2016 }}
21. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/4876000 |title= Waco city, Texas |work=QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=June 28, 2016 }}
22. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.america2050.org/megaregions.html |title=Megaregions: Texas Triangle |accessdate=September 12, 2016 |publisher=Regional Plan Association |location=USA |work= America 2050 }}
23. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.waco-texas.com/pdf/city-secretary/City%20Officials%20History%202014.pdf |title= City of Waco Mayor and Council 1895-present |publisher=City of Waco, Texas |accessdate=June 28, 2016 }}

Bibliography

{{Refbegin}}

published in 19th c.

  • {{cite book

|editor=Sleeper and Hutchins
|title=Waco and McLennan County
|year=1876
}}
  • {{cite book

|title= Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory
|year= 1884
|publisher= R.L. Polk & Co.
|location= St. Louis
|via= Internet Archive
|chapter= Waco
|chapterurl= https://archive.org/stream/texasstategazett02rlpo#page/n589/mode/2up
}}
  • {{cite book

|title= Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory
|year= 1890
|publisher= R.L. Polk & Co.
|location= Detroit
|via= Internet Archive
|chapter= Waco
|chapterurl= https://archive.org/stream/texasstategazett32rlpo#page/n855/mode/2up
}}

published in 20th c.

  • {{cite book

|publisher=Morrison & Fourmy
|location=Galveston
|title=Directory of the City of Waco
|year=1902
|url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29753/
|via=University of North Texas Libraries
| ref = {{harvid|Directory|1902}}
}}
  • {{Citation

| title = Encyclopædia Britannica
| publication-place = New York
| publication-date = 1910
| edition=11th
| oclc = 14782424
| chapter = Waco
| chapterurl = https://books.google.com/books?id=ckizOzrwEuIC&pg=PA225
| ref = {{harvid|Britannica|1910}}
}}
  • {{cite book

|editor=James H. Mackey
|title=Municipal Hand Book of the City of Waco
|year=1914
}}
  • {{cite book

|title=New Encyclopedia of Texas
|editor1=Ellis A. Davis |editor2=Edwin H. Grobe
|publisher=Texas Development Bureau
|location=Dallas
|year=
|chapter=(Waco)
|chapterurl=https://archive.org/stream/newencyclopediao01davi#page/76/mode/2up
|via=Internet Archive
|pages=76–79

}} circa 1926? (fulltext)

  • {{Citation

|author = Federal Writers' Project
|location=New York
|publisher=Hastings House
|series= American Guide Series
|title=Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State
|year= 1940
|chapter= Waco
|chapterurl= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015002677667?urlappend=%3Bseq=448
|via=HathiTrust
| ref = {{harvid|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}

}} + chronology

  • Roger N. Conger. Highlights of Waco History. Waco: Hill Printing and Stationery Co, 1945.
  • {{cite book

|author=Dayton Kelley
|title=Handbook of Waco and McLennan County, Texas|year=1972|publisher=Texian Press }}
  • {{cite book

|author=William R. Poage
|title=McLennan County, Before 1980
|publisher=Texian Press
|year= 1981 }}
  • {{cite book

|author=Patricia Ward Wallace
|title=Waco: Texas Crossroads
|year= 1983
}}
  • {{cite book

|title=Historical Markers of McLennan County
|year=1986
|publisher=McLennan College
|oclc=14699197
|location=Waco
|url=http://wacohistoryproject.org/resources.htm
|via=Waco History Project
|ref = {{harvid|McLennan College|1986}}

}} (fulltext)

  • {{cite book

|author=Agnes Warren Barnes
|title=Waco, Texas: A Postcard Journey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ocLFMHIV_ywC
|year=1999
|publisher=Arcadia |isbn=978-0-7385-0297-7
}}
  • {{cite book

|author=Patricia Ward Wallace
|title=Waco: A Sesquicentennial History
|year= 1999
}}
  • {{cite book |author=Garry H. Radford, Sr. |title= African American Heritage in Waco, Texas |location= Austin |publisher= Eakin Press |year= 2000 }}

published in 21st c.

  • {{citation

|url=http://wacohistoryproject.org/waco-books.pdf
|title=Selected Publications with Some Mention of Waco and the Waco Area
|publisher=Waco History Project
|year=2009

}} (bibliography)

  • {{citation

|url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth163876/m2/1/high_res_d/First%20Street%20Notables%2007-26-2010.pdf
|year=2009
|author=T. Bradford Willis
|title=Some Notable Persons in First Street Cemetery of Waco, Texas
|via=University of North Texas Libraries
| ref = {{harvid|Willis|2009}}

}} (fulltext)

  • {{cite book

|author=Sharon Bracken
|title=Historic McLennan County: An Illustrated History
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dGKT0EGJiF0C
|year=2010
|chapter=Waco
|pages=7–15
|publisher=Lammert |location=San Antonio
|isbn=978-1-935377-22-1
|ref = {{harvid|Bracken|2010}}
}}
  • {{cite book

|author1=Betty Dooley Awbrey
|author2=Stuart Awbrey
|title=Why Stop?: A Guide to Texas Roadside Historical Markers
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lGqz0EXI_8sC
|year= 2013
|edition=6th
|publisher=Taylor Trade Publishing
|isbn=978-1-58979-790-1
|chapter= Waco
|page= 480+
|ref = {{harvid|Awbrey|2013}}
}}
  • {{cite book|author= David G. McComb |title=The City in Texas: a History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q8EvBgAAQBAJ |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-0-292-76746-1 |year= 2015

|chapter= Railroad Towns: Waco
|pages= 130+
}}
  • {{cite book

|author=Eric Ames|title=Waco
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ojeACwAAQBAJ
|year=2016
|publisher=Arcadia |isbn=978-1-4671-1552-0
|series=Images of Modern America
}}{{refend}}

External links

{{Commons category|Waco, Texas}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/tx-direct |title=Waco City Directories, 1878-1923 |via=Baylor University }} (fulltext)
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/historic_tex_cities.html |title=Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Waco |work= Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection |publisher=University of Texas at Austin }}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.texasarchive.org/library/index.php/Category:Waco |work=Texas Archive of the Moving Image |location=Austin, TX |title= Waco }}
  • {{cite web |url=http://wacohistoryproject.org/resources.htm |title='Must Have' Books on Waco History |publisher=Waco History Project }} (bibliography)
  • {{cite web |title=HIS 3300 Methods in Public & Oral History: Waco, McLennan County, and Texas Histories |work=Research Guides |publisher= Baylor University Libraries |url= http://researchguides.baylor.edu }}
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