The following is a timeline of the history of the city of McAllen, Texas, USA.
20th century
edit- 1904 - West McAllen townsite established.[1]
- 1905 - St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad begins operating.[1]
- 1907 - East McAllen development begins.[1]
- 1909
- McAllen Monitor newspaper begins publication.[2]
- Methodist Church built.[1]
- High school established.[3]
- 1910 - Population: 150.[1]
- 1911
- Town of McAllen incorporated in Hidalgo County.[4]
- Frank W. Crow becomes mayor.[5]
- 1916 - "12,000 soldiers...stationed in McAllen...during the period of border disturbances."[6]
- 1918 - Casa de Palmas hotel built.[6]
- 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.[6]
- 1928 - First United Methodist Church built.[1]
- 1933
- 1934 - Collapse of Reynosa-McAllen bridge.[3]
- 1935
- 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.[10]
- 1947 - KRIO (AM) radio begins broadcasting.[11]
- 1948
- 1949 - Synagogue built.[14]
- 1950 - Population: 20,067.
- 1952 - Miller Airport opens.[10]
- 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
- McAllen Miller International Airport terminal built.[1]
- South Texas Community College opens.[1]
- 1995 - City Hall rebuilt.[1]
- 1997
- City website online.[21][22]
- Rubén Hinojosa becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 15th congressional district.[23]
- 1998 - Texas State Bank building constructed.[1]
- 1999 - "Futuro McAllen" civic group formed.[3]
- 2000
21st century
edit- 2001
- Intermodal Transit Terminal (bus station) opens.[3]
- City enacts ordinance for historic preservation.
- 2004
- 2005 - Palm View Golf Course in business.[3]
- 2006 - World Birding Center Quinta Mazatlan park opens.[8]
- 2007
- McAllen Convention Center opens.
- Veterans War Memorial of Texas dedicated.[3]
- 2008
- July: Hurricane Dolly occurs.[3]
- McAllen Heritage Center opens.[24]
- 2009 - Anzalduas International Bridge opens.[3]
- 2010 - Population: 129,877.[25]
- 2011 - Public library building opens in former Walmart store.[26]
- 2013 - James E. Darling becomes mayor.[5]
- 2014 - Ursula (detention center) for immigrants begins operating.
- 2017
- Vicente Gonzalez becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 15th congressional district.[27]
- President Donald Trump holds a briefing at the Border Patrol station during the United States federal government shutdown of 2018–2019 over the Mexico–United States barrier.[28]
See also
edit- McAllen history
- List of mayors of McAllen, Texas
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Hidalgo County, Texas
- Timelines of other cities in the South Texas area of Texas: Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Laredo, San Antonio
- Reynosa, Mexico history
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e Simons 1996.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Hellmann 2006.
- ^ "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.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "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. hdl:2027/mdp.39015038905678 – 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
edit- "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
External links
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- "Research: Genealogy & Local History". McAllen Public Library.
- "United States - Texas - Hidaldo County - McAllen". Portal to Texas History. Denton: University of North Texas Libraries.
- Items related to McAllen, Texas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)