The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Amarillo, Texas, USA.
19th century
edit20th century
edit- 1905 - Amarillo Livestock Auction begins.[1] It will go on to become the world's largest seller of cattle by open bidding.[3]: 169
- 1907 - Grand Opera House built.[4]
- 1909
- Amarillo News begins publication.[1]
- Amarillo National Bank established.
- 1910 - Population: 9,957.
- 1914 - Amarillo Police Department formed.
- 1915 - Panhandle Weekly newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1918 - "Natural gas discovered."[1]
- 1921 - "Oil discovered."[1]
- 1924
- Amarillo Globe newspaper begins publication.[5]
- Tri-State Fairgrounds open.[1]
- 1926
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo established.[6]
- Amarillo Globe-News newspaper in publication.
- Herring Hotel built.
- 1929
- Amarillo College established.[1]
- English Field (airfield) begins operating.
- Temple B'nai Israel dedicated.[7]
- 1930
- Santa Fe Building (hi-rise) constructed.
- Population: 43,132.
- 1932
- Potter County Courthouse built.
- Paramount Theatre in business.[8]
- 1935
- 1939
- Amarillo US Post Office and Courthouse built.
- KFDA radio begins broadcasting.[10]
- 1942 - U.S. military Amarillo Army Air Field activated near city.
- 1949 - Sunset Drive-In cinema in business.[8]
- 1953 - KFDA-TV and KGNC-TV (now KAMR-TV) (television) begin broadcasting.[11]
- 1954 - Texas State Highway Loop 279 in operation.
- 1957 - KVII-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[11]
- 1960 - Population: 137,969.
- 1966 - Amarillo City Transit established.
- 1968
- U.S. military Amarillo Air Force Base closes.
- Amarillo Civic Center (convention center) opens (approximate date).[chronology citation needed]
- Fox Theatre (cinema) in business.[8]
- 1971 - Chase Tower built.
- 1972 - Amarillo Art Center established.[1]
- 1976 - Amarillo International Airport in operation.
- 1982
- High Plains Food Bank organized.[12]
- KJTV (now KCIT) ((television) begin broadcasting.
- 1990 - Population: 157,571.
- 1998 - February 10: Oprah Winfrey wins mad cow disease-related lawsuit brought by local ranchers.[1]
- 2000 - Amarillo National Center (arena) built.
21st century
edit- 2006 - Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts opens.
- 2010 - Population: 190,695.[13]
- 2011 - Paul Harpole becomes mayor.[2]
- 2017 - Xcel Energy opens a new building in downtown Amarillo Also a new downtown hotel was built along with a parking garage. Also Ginger Nelson was elected the 2nd female mayor in Amarillo.
See also
edit- Amarillo history
- List of mayors of Amarillo, Texas
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Potter County, Texas
- Timelines of other cities in the West Texas area of Texas: Abilene, El Paso, Lubbock, Midland
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Hellmann 2006.
- ^ a b "History of Amarillo City Officials". City of Amarillo. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ Stanley Walker (February 1961). "The Fabulous State of Texas". National Geographic. Vol. 119, no. 2.
- ^ Carlson 2006.
- ^ a b "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ "Texas: West Texas: Amarillo". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Movie Theaters in Amarillo, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ "Newspaper Operates KGNC", Broadcasting, July 1, 1935, page 24.
- ^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Texas", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
- ^ a b "United States TV Stations: Texas", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive
- ^ "About". Amarillo: High Plains Food Bank. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ "Amarillo city, Texas". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
Bibliography
edit- "Amarillo". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1890.
- Charter of the City of Amarillo. Amarillo, Tex. [Russell & Cockrell]. 1914.
- "Amarillo". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1914.
- Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Amarillo", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House, hdl:2027/mdp.39015002677667 – via HathiTrust + chronology
- Della Tyler Key. In the Cattle Country: History of Potter County, 1887–1966 (Amarillo: Tyler-Berkley, 1961; 2d ed., Wichita Falls: Nortex, 1972).
- David L. Nail. One Short Sleep Past: A Profile of Amarillo in the Thirties (Canyon, Texas: Staked Plains, 1973).
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Amarillo, TX", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
- Helen Simons; Cathryn A. Hoyt, eds. (1996). "Lubbock and the Plains: Amarillo". Guide to Hispanic Texas (Abridged ed.). University of Texas Press. pp. 295+. ISBN 978-0-292-77709-5.
- David J. Wishart, ed. (2004). "Cities and Towns: Amarillo, Texas". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-4787-7.
- Paul H. Carlson (2006). Amarillo: the Story of a Western Town. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 978-0-89672-587-4.
- Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Texas: Amarillo". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
- Ron Smith (2009). Amarillo. Postcard History Series. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0-7385-7123-2.
- David G. McComb (2015). "Railroad Towns: Amarillo". The City in Texas: a History. University of Texas Press. pp. 134+. ISBN 978-0-292-76746-1.
External links
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Amarillo, Texas.
- "Windows on the Past", Amarillo Globe-News,
Series featuring photographs pulled from the archives of the Amarillo Globe-News
- "Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Amarillo". Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin.
- "Amarillo". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX.