Timeline of Wichita Falls, Texas

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

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19th century

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  • 1879 - Barwise family settles in area.[1]
  • 1880 - Population: 433.[2]
  • 1881 - First United Methodist Church built.[3]
  • 1882 - Fort Worth and Denver City railroad begins operating.[2]
  • 1883 - First Baptist Church founded.[4]
  • 1886 - Drought begins.[2]
  • 1887 - Wichita Weekly Times newspaper begins publication.[5]
  • 1889
    • Town of Wichita Falls incorporated.[2]
    • Otis T. Bacon becomes mayor.[6]
  • 1890 - Population: 1,978.[7]
  • 1896 - "Lynching of two bank robbers."[2][4]
  • 1900

20th century

House in Wichita Gardens, built circa 1933 by U.S. Department of Interior Subsistence Homesteads Division

21st century

  • 2010
    • Glenn Barham becomes mayor.[6]
    • Population: 104,553.[22]
    • Racially-motivated shooting spree kills one and injures four others, before the suspect committed suicide.[23][24]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr. "Wichita Falls, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Federal Writers' Project 1940.
  3. ^ a b c d "A Very Short History of Wichita Falls". City of Wichita Falls. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Texas Historic Sites Atlas". Austin: Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Mayors of Wichita Falls". City of Wichita Falls. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e "City Population History from 1850–2000: Wichita Falls", Texas Almanac, Texas State Historical Association
  8. hdl:2027/uc1.b4221835 – via HathiTrust
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Wichita Falls Time Line". City of Wichita Falls. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  10. ^ a b c "Movie Theaters in Wichita Falls, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  11. ^ Kelly 1982.
  12. ^ "Texas: West Texas". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  13. ISBN 978-1-58544-324-6
    .
  14. OCLC 2459636 Free access icon
  15. OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive Free access icon
  16. ^ a b "Wichita Falls, TX Tornadoes (1900-Present)". Norman, Oklahoma: National Weather Service. Retrieved April 13, 2017. (Chronological list)
  17. ^ "About". Wichita Falls Area Food Bank. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  18. ^ "Texas Food Banks". Food Bank Locator. Chicago: Feeding America. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  19. hdl:2027/uc1.l0099748295 – via HathiTrust
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  20. ^ "City of Wichita Falls, Texas Home Page". Archived from the original on November 28, 1999 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  21. OCLC 40169021. Archived from the original
    on August 24, 2000.
  22. ^ "Wichita Falls city, Texas". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  23. ^ "Wichita Falls gunman who killed 1, wounded 4 yelled 'white power,' witness says | Texas | Dallas News". Dallas News. 2010-04-22. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  24. ^ Forester, Samantha. "7th anniversary of shooting rampage in Wichita Falls". Retrieved 2017-05-11.

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