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词条 Timeline of Wichita Falls, Texas
释义

  1. 19th century

  2. 20th century

  3. 21st century

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. Bibliography

  7. External links

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

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19th century

{{Texas History}}
  • 1879 - Barwise family settles in area.[1]
  • 1880 - Population: 433.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1881 - First United Methodist Church built.[1]
  • 1882 - Fort Worth and Denver City railroad begins operating.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1883 - First Baptist Church founded.[2]
  • 1886 - Drought begins.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1887 - Wichita Weekly Times newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • 1889
    • Town of Wichita Falls incorporated.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
    • Otis T. Bacon becomes mayor.[3]
  • 1890 - Population: 1,978.[4]
  • 1896 - "Lynching of two bank robbers."{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}[2]
  • 1900
    • Ladies Library Association organized.[5]
    • Lake Wichita created near town.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}

20th century

  • 1909 - Electric streetcar begins operating.[1]
  • 1910
    • U.S. military Call Field (airfield) begins operating near town.[1]
    • Union Station built.[11]
    • Gem Theatre (cinema) in business.[6]
    • Population: 8,200.[4]
  • 1911 - Electra oil field begins operating in vicinity of town.[7]
  • 1912 - Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company plant in business.[11]
  • 1913 - Palace Theatre in business.[6]
  • 1917 - Drought begins.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1918
    • Kemp Public Library opens.{{sfn|Wichita County Beginnings|1982}}
    • Burkburnett oil field discovered near Wichita Falls; oil boom begins.[7]
  • 1920
    • Burnett Street Bridge{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}} and Temple Israel synagogue[8] built.
    • Population: 40,079.[4]
  • 1922
    • Wichita Falls Junior College established.[11]
    • Women's "Manuscript Club" organized.[9]
  • 1924 - Lake Kemp and Lake Diversion created in vicinity of town.[11]
  • 1927 - Scott Avenue Bridge{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}} and Municipal Auditorium[11] built.
  • 1928 - "Airline passenger service" begins.[7]
  • 1930 - May 11: Dust storm.[11]
  • 1932 - Town/county 50th anniversary observed.[11]
  • 1933 - Wichita Gardens Homestead Colony for urban poor created (approximate date).[11]
  • 1937
    • Scott Avenue Overpass built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
    • Parking meters introduced.[11]
  • 1938
    • KWFT radio begins broadcasting.[10]
    • Wichita Falls Day Nursery built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
    • Kamay oil discovered near Wichita Falls.[7]
  • 1941 - U.S. military Sheppard Field begins operating.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
  • 1947 - Lake Kickapoo created in vicinity of Wichita Falls.[11]
  • 1948 - U.S. military Sheppard Air Force Base active.[11]
  • 1950
    • Midwestern University active.
    • Population: 68,042.[4]
  • 1952 - Grant Drive-In cinema in business.[6]
  • 1953 - KAUZ-TV and KFDX-TV (television) begin broadcasting.[12]
  • 1960 - Population: 101,724.[4]
  • 1963 - Wichita Falls Ballet Theatre founded.[11]
  • 1964
    • April 3: Tornado.[13]
    • Gates Rubber Company plant in business.[11]
  • 1966
    • Wichita Falls joins the Nortex Regional Planning Commission.{{chronology citation needed|date=April 2017}}
    • Lake Arrowhead created in vicinity of Wichita Falls.[11]
  • 1969 - Wilson Memorial Parkway dedicated.[11]
  • 1970
    • School's Memorial Stadium opens.
    • Board of Commerce and Industry active.[11]
  • 1978 - Wichita Falls Transit System begins operating.{{chronology citation needed|date=April 2017}}
  • 1979 - April 10: 1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak.[13]
  • 1982 - Wichita Falls Area Food Bank established.[14][15]
  • 1986 - Artificial waterfall built at Lucy Park.[1]
  • 1987 - Times Record News in publication.[16]
  • 1995 - Mac Thornberry becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 13th congressional district.[17]
  • 1999 - City website online (approximate date).[18][19]

21st century

  • 2010
    • Glenn Barham becomes mayor.[3]
    • Population: 104,553.[20]
    • There is a shooting rampage at Hastings where a local man, Ross Muehlberger, shouts "White power!" before shooting five bystanders; killing one and injuring four others.[21][22]

See also

  • Wichita Falls history
  • List of mayors of Wichita Falls, Texas
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Wichita County, Texas
  • Timelines of other cities in the North Texas area of Texas: Arlington, Dallas, Denton, Fort Worth, Garland, Irving, Plano

References

1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://www.wichitafallstx.gov/DocumentCenter/View/19746 |title=A Very Short History of Wichita Falls |publisher=City of Wichita Falls |accessdate=April 13, 2017 }}
2. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us |title=Texas Historic Sites Atlas |publisher= Texas Historical Commission |location=Austin |accessdate= April 13, 2017 }}
3. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.wichitafallstx.gov/DocumentCenter/View/19744 |title=Mayors of Wichita Falls |publisher=City of Wichita Falls |accessdate=April 13, 2017 }}
4. ^1 2 3 4 {{citation |work=Texas Almanac |title= City Population History from 1850–2000: Wichita Falls |url=https://texasalmanac.com/topics/population |publisher=Texas State Historical Association }}
5. ^{{citation |title= Handbook of Texas Libraries |number=2 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b4221835?urlappend=%3Bseq=170 |via=HathiTrust |publisher=Texas Library Association |location=Houston |year= 1908 }}
6. ^1 2 {{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-states/texas/wichita-falls?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Wichita Falls, TX |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |accessdate= April 13, 2017 }}
7. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web |title= Wichita Falls, TX |author=Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr. |work=Handbook of Texas Online |url= https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hdw02 |publisher= Texas State Historical Association |accessdate= April 13, 2017 }}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.isjl.org/texas-west-encyclopedia.html |title= Texas: West Texas |work= Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities |publisher= Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life |location=Jackson, Mississippi |accessdate=April 13, 2017 }}
9. ^{{cite book|author= Betty Holland Wiesepape |title=Lone Star Chapters: The Story of Texas Literary Clubs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6tBR_FyWTe8C|year=2004|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|isbn=978-1-58544-324-6}}
10. ^{{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 }} {{free access}}
11. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 {{cite web |url=http://www.wichitafallstx.gov/DocumentCenter/View/19742 |title=Wichita Falls Time Line |publisher=City of Wichita Falls |accessdate=April 13, 2017 }}
12. ^{{citation |title=Yearbook of Radio and Television |oclc=7469377 |year=1964 |publisher= Radio Television Daily |location=New York |chapter=United States TV Stations: Texas |chapterurl= https://archive.org/stream/r00radi#page/560/mode/2up |via=Internet Archive }} {{free access}}
13. ^1 {{cite web|title= Wichita Falls, TX Tornadoes (1900-Present)|url= http://www.weather.gov/oun/tornadodata-city-tx-wichita_falls|publisher=National Weather Service |location=Norman, Oklahoma|accessdate= April 13, 2017}} (Chronological list)
14. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.wfafb.org/about |title=About |publisher=Wichita Falls Area Food Bank |accessdate=April 13, 2017 }}
15. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank/?zip=&state=TX |work=Food Bank Locator |title=Texas Food Banks |publisher=Feeding America |location=Chicago |accessdate=April 13, 2017 }}
16. ^1 {{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?city=Wichita+Falls&rows=50&state=Texas&page=1&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |accessdate= April 13, 2017 }}
17. ^{{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Government Printing Office |year=1995 |chapter=Texas |chapterurl=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.l0099748295?urlappend=%3Bseq=282 |via= HathiTrust }}
18. ^{{cite web |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/19991128084657/http://ci.wichita-falls.tx.us/ |url= http://ci.wichita-falls.tx.us/ |archivedate= November 28, 1999 |title= City of Wichita Falls, Texas Home Page |via= Internet Archive, Wayback Machine }}
19. ^{{cite web |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20000824031028/http://officialcitysites.org/Texas/Cities/W/ |url= http://officialcitysites.org/Texas/Cities/ |deadurl=yes |archivedate= August 24, 2000 |title=United States of America: Texas |work= Official City Sites |editor1= Kevin Hyde |editor2= Tamie Hyde |location=Utah |oclc=40169021 }}
20. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/4879000 |title= Wichita Falls city, Texas |work=QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=April 13, 2017 }}
21. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2010/04/22/Wichita-Falls-gunman-who-killed-1-7289|title=Wichita Falls gunman who killed 1, wounded 4 yelled 'white power,' witness says {{!}} Texas {{!}} Dallas News|date=2010-04-22|work=Dallas News|access-date=2017-05-11|language=en}}
22. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.newschannel6now.com/story/35201290/7th-anniversary-of-shooting-rampage-in-wichita-falls|title=7th anniversary of shooting rampage in Wichita Falls|last=Forester|first=Samantha|access-date=2017-05-11|language=en}}

Bibliography

{{Refbegin}}
  • {{cite book

|title= Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory
|year= 1884
|publisher= R.L. Polk & Co.
|location= St. Louis
|chapter= Wichita Falls
|chapterurl= https://archive.org/stream/texasstategazett02rlpo#page/n637/mode/2up
}}
  • {{cite book

|title= Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory
|year= 1890
|publisher= R.L. Polk & Co.
|location= Detroit
|chapter= Wichita Falls
|chapterurl= https://archive.org/stream/texasstategazett32rlpo#page/n935/mode/2up
}}
  • {{cite book

|title= Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory
|year= 1914
|publisher= R.L. Polk & Co.
|location= Detroit
|chapter= Wichita Falls
|chapterurl= https://archive.org/stream/texasstategazett03rlpo_0#page/n257/mode/2up
}}
  • {{cite book

|title=New Encyclopedia of Texas
|editor1=Ellis A. Davis |editor2=Edwin H. Grobe
|publisher=Texas Development Bureau
|location=Dallas
|year=
|chapter=(Wichita Falls)
|chapterurl=https://archive.org/stream/newencyclopediao01davi#page/103/mode/2up
|pages=103–106

}} circa 1926? {{free access}}

  • Jonnie R. Morgan, The History of Wichita Falls (Wichita Falls, 1931)
  • {{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= Wichita Falls
|chapterurl= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015002677667?urlappend=%3Bseq=457
|via=HathiTrust
| ref = {{harvid|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
}}
  • Michael Duty. Wichita Falls: A Century of Photographs (Wichita Falls: Midwestern State University Press, 1982)
  • Louise Kelly. Wichita County Beginnings (Burnet, Texas: Eakin Press, 1982)
  • Steve Wilson. Wichita Falls: A Pictorial History (Norfolk, Virginia: Donning, 1982).
  • {{cite book |editor= David J. Wishart |title=Encyclopedia of the Great Plains |chapterurl=http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.ct.000.xml |publisher= University of Nebraska Press |isbn= 0-8032-4787-7 |year=2004

|chapter=Cities and Towns: Wichita Falls, Texas
| ref = {{harvid|Wishart|2004}}
}}
  • {{cite book|author=Kenneth E. Hendrickson Jr. |title=Wichita Falls |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wYPpJePFyWsC |publisher=Arcadia |series=Images of America |isbn=978-1-4396-4625-0 |year=2009

}}{{refend}}

External links

{{Commons category|Wichita Falls, Texas}}
  • {{cite web |url= http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/historic_tex_cities.html |title=Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Wichita Falls |work= Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection |publisher=University of Texas at Austin }}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.texasarchive.org/library/index.php/Category:Wichita_Falls |work=Texas Archive of the Moving Image |location=Austin, TX |title= Wichita Falls }}
  • Items related to Wichita Falls, Texas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
  • {{cite web |url= https://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?q6=%22United%20States%20-%20Texas%20-%20Wichita%20County%20-%20Wichita+Falls%22&t6=dc_coverage&t3=untl_agent&src=ark&searchType=advanced |title=United States - Texas - Wichita County - Wichita Falls |work= Portal to Texas History |publisher=University of North Texas Libraries |location=Denton }}
  • Wichita County Historical Commission
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