Timeline of Laredo, Texas

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The following is a timeline of the [[Laredo, Texas#History|history]] of the city of [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]], [[Texas]], USA. {{Dynamic list}} {{TOC right}}

==18th-19th centuries== {{Texas History}} * 1755 - May 15: Villa de Laredo founded by [[Tomás Sánchez (captain)|Tomás Sánchez]] and others in Spanish colonial [[Nuevo Santander]], [[Viceroyalty of New Spain]].<ref name="Bolton1915">{{cite book|author= Herbert Eugene Bolton|author-link= Herbert Eugene Bolton|title=Texas in the Middle Eighteenth Century: Studies in Spanish Colonial History and Administration|series= University of California publications in history; v. 3|url= https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000279130 |year=1915|publisher=University of California Press}}</ref>{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}} * 1760 - Chapel built.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} * 1767 - [[Cathedral of San Agustin (Laredo, Texas)|San Agustin Church]] founded.<ref name=CityHistory /> * 1790 - Population: 708. * 1821 - Laredo becomes part of independent [[First Mexican Empire|Mexican Empire]].{{sfn|Simons|1996}} * 1840 - Laredo becomes capital of the Mexican insurgent [[Republic of the Rio Grande]] during the [[Centralist Republic of Mexico#Armed opposition to the Central Republic|Mexican Federalist War]].{{sfn|Simons|1996}} * 1846 - Laredo taken by U.S. [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Rangers]] during the [[Mexican–American War]].{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1847 - U.S. forces occupy town.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1848 ** Laredo becomes part of the U.S. per [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]] at end of Mexican–American War. ** [[Webb County, Texas]] created.<ref>{{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 |access-date=June 27, 2016 }}</ref> * 1849 - U.S. military [[Fort McIntosh, Texas|Camp Crawford]] established.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}} * 1852 - Laredo "chartered as a [[Texas]] city."{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1860 - Population: 1,256. * 1872 - [[Cathedral of San Agustin (Laredo, Texas)|San Agustin Church]] rebuilt.<ref name=CityHistory /> * 1880 ** [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]]-Laredo railway begins operating.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}} ** Population: 3,521. * 1881 ** Mexico-Laredo railway begins operating.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}} ** St. Peter's neighborhood development begins.<ref name=CityHistory /> ** City plan for Laredo and [[Nuevo Laredo]], "'Plano de los Dos Laredos' created by E.R. Laroche."<ref name=CityHistory /><ref name=Portal-UNT>{{cite web |url= https://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?q6=%22United%20States%20-%20Texas%20-%20Webb%20County%20-%20Laredo%22&t6=dc_coverage&t3=untl_agent&src=ark&searchType=advanced |title=United States - Texas - Webb County - Laredo |work=Portal to Texas History |publisher=University of North Texas Libraries |location=Denton }}</ref> * 1882 ** Laredo Seminary{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} and city water works<ref name=WCHF>{{cite web |url=http://webbheritage.org/local-history/ |title=Local History |publisher=Webb County Heritage Foundation |location=Laredo |access-date=June 27, 2016 }}</ref> established. ** County Courthouse built.<ref name=WCHF /> * 1883 - ''Daily Laredo Times'' newspaper begins publication.<ref name=LOC>{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?city=Laredo&rows=50&state=Texas&page=1&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=June 27, 2016 }}</ref> * 1888 - Laredo Improvement Company formed.<ref name=CityHistory>{{cite web |url= http://www.cityoflaredo.com/history.html |title=History of Laredo |publisher= City of Laredo|access-date=June 27, 2016 }}</ref> * 1889 ** Street railway begins operating.<ref name=CityHistory /> ** "Foot and wagon bridge built across the Rio Grande" at Convent Avenue.<ref name=CityHistory /><ref name=WCHF /> * 1890 - Population: 11,319. * 1898 - Onion farming begins (approximate date).{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}} * 1900 - Population: 13,429.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}

==20th century==

* 1904 - Laredo Academy established.<ref>{{cite book|title=Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z_YBAAAAYAAJ|year=1910|publisher=Belo & Company}}</ref> * 1907 - [[Laredo United States Post Office, Court House and Custom House]] built. * 1908 - Discovery of natural gas in vicinity of Laredo.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1909 - [[Webb County Courthouse (Texas)|Webb County Courthouse]] built. * 1910 - Population: 14,855.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1911 - Liga Femenil Mexicanista (women's group) founded in Laredo.<ref name=women>{{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 |access-date=June 27, 2016 }}</ref> * 1915 - Laredo public library active (approximate date).<ref>{{cite journal |date=July 1915 |journal=Texas Libraries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jsIbAAAAMAAJ |volume=1 |publisher=Texas Library and Historical Commission |title=News Notes}}</ref> * 1920 ** [[Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge]] opened. ** Population: 22,710. * 1922 ** International Bridge opens.<ref name=CityHistory /> ** Azteca Theater opens.<ref name=CityHistory /> * 1937 - Foundry Workers' Union of Laredo formed.<ref name=taro>{{cite web |url= http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/advsearch.php?hitsPerPage=25&lang=en&query1=laredo&query2=dc_coverage%3A&query3= |title= Laredo |work= Texas Archival Resources Online |author=University of Texas Libraries |publisher= University of Texas at Austin |access-date=June 27, 2016 }}</ref> * 1938 - KPAB [[List of radio stations in Texas|radio]] begins broadcasting.<ref name=Alicoate1939>{{citation |title=Radio Annual |oclc=2459636 |year=1939 |editor= Jack Alicoate |publisher= Radio Daily |location=New York |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/radioannual193900radi#page/378/mode/2up |chapter= Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Texas }}</ref> * 1946 - [[Fort McIntosh, Texas]] de-activated. * 1947 - [[Laredo College|Laredo Junior College]] established. * 1950 - Population: 51,910. * 1954 - Flood.<ref name=CityHistory /> * 1956 - KGNS-TV ([[List of television stations in Texas|television]]) begins broadcasting.<ref name=Alicoate1960>{{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 |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/radio00radi#page/849/mode/2up }}</ref> * 1969 - [[Texas A&M International University]] established. * 1970 ** [[River Drive Mall]] in business. ** Population: 69,678. * 1977 - [[Mall del Norte]] in business. * 1978 - [[Aldo Tatangelo]] becomes mayor.<ref name=mayors /> * 1980 ** Webb County Heritage Foundation established. ** Population: 91,449. * 1990 ** [[Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.]] becomes mayor.<ref name=mayors /> ** Population: 122,899. * 1993 ** [[Laredo Community College]] active. ** Cinemark Movies 12 (cinema) in business.<ref name=cinema>{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-states/texas/laredo?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Laredo, TX |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date=June 27, 2016 }}</ref> * 1998 - [[Betty Flores]] becomes mayor.<ref name=mayors /> * 2000 ** [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Laredo]] established.<ref name=katolsk>{{cite web |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA |url= http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/usa |publisher=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo]] |location=Norway |access-date=June 27, 2016 }}</ref> ** Population: 176,576.

==21st century==

* 2001 - City website online (approximate date).<ref>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20010217015007/http://ci.laredo.tx.us/ |url= http://ci.laredo.tx.us/ |archive-date= 2001-02-17 |title= Official City of Laredo Home Page |url-status=dead |via= Internet Archive, [[Wayback Machine]] }}</ref>{{Chronology citation needed|date=June 2016}} * 2005 - [[Henry Cuellar]] becomes [[U.S. representative]] for [[Texas's 28th congressional district]].<ref name=GovTrack>{{cite web |url= http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members |title=Members of Congress |work=[[GovTrack.us|GovTrack]] |author=Civic Impulse, LLC |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=June 27, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory: 110th Congress |title-link=Official Congressional Directory |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Government Printing Office |year=2007 |chapter=Texas |series=1991/1992- : S. Pub. |hdl=2027/uc1.l0101186906?urlappend=%3Bseq=291 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.l0101186906?urlappend=%3Bseq=291 |via=HathiTrust}}</ref> * 2006 - [[Raul G. Salinas]] becomes mayor.<ref name=mayors /> * 2007 - Cinemark Mall Del Norte (cinema) in business.<ref name=cinema /> * 2008 - [[Rio Grande Detention Center]] opens, housing up to 1900 federal prisoners for the U.S. government <ref>{{cite web|title=Rio Grande Detention Center|url=http://www.geogroup.com/maps/locationdetails/31|website=GEO Group|access-date=30 July 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722020305/http://www.geogroup.com/maps/locationdetails/31|archive-date=22 July 2016}}</ref> * 2010 - Population: 236,091.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/4841464 |title= Laredo city, Texas |work=QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=June 27, 2016 }}</ref> * 2014 - [[Pete Saenz]] becomes mayor.<ref name=mayors>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityoflaredo.com/History/Mayors_History.pdf |title=History of Laredo Mayors |publisher= City of Laredo|access-date=June 27, 2016 }}</ref>

==See also== * [[Laredo, Texas#History|Laredo, Texas history]] ([[:es:Laredo (Texas)#Historia|es]]) * [[List of mayors of Laredo, Texas]] * [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Webb County, Texas]] * [[Nuevo Laredo#History|Nuevo Laredo, Mexico history]] ([[:es:Nuevo Laredo#Historia|es]]) * Timelines of other [[List of cities in Texas by population|cities]] in the [[South Texas]] area of Texas: [[Timeline of Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]], [[Timeline of Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]], [[Timeline of McAllen, Texas|McAllen]], [[Timeline of San Antonio|San Antonio]]

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==Bibliography== {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book |title= Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory |year= 1890 |publisher= R.L. Polk & Co. |location= Detroit |via= Internet Archive |chapter= Laredo |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/texasstategazett32rlpo#page/n193/mode/2up }} * {{cite book |title=A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas |year=1907 |publisher=[[Lewis Publishing Company]] |location=Chicago |chapter=Laredo |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-1tNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA67 }} * {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Laredo |volume= 16 | page = 215 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}} * {{Citation |author = Federal Writers' Project |author-link = 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= Laredo |hdl = 2027/mdp.39015002677667?urlappend=%3Bseq=390 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015002677667?urlappend=%3Bseq=390 |via=HathiTrust | ref = {{harvid|Federal Writers' Project|1940}} }} * Stanley Cooper Green, Laredo, 1755–1920 (Laredo: Nuevo Santander Museum Complex, 1981) * Gilberto Miguel Hinojosa, A Borderlands Town in Transition: Laredo, 1755–1870 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1983) * Jerry Don Thompson, Laredo: A Pictorial History (Norfolk: Donning, 1986) * {{cite book |editor1=Helen Simons |editor2=Cathryn A. Hoyt |title=A Guide to Hispanic Texas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2tV3F5MH4aYC |year=1996 |edition=Abridged |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-0-292-77709-5 |chapter=Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley |pages=69–120 |ref = {{harvid|Simons|1996}} }} * {{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= Laredo |page= 267+ |ref = {{harvid|Awbrey|2013}} }}

==External links== {{Commons category|Laredo, Texas}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/historic_tex_cities.html |title=Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Laredo |work= [[Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection]] |publisher=University of Texas at Austin }} * {{cite web |url=http://www.texasarchive.org/library/index.php/Category:Laredo |work=[[Texas Archive of the Moving Image]] |location=Austin, TX |title= Laredo }} * {{cite web |title= Laredo, TX |work=Handbook of Texas Online |url= https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hdl02 |publisher= [[Texas State Historical Association]] |author= Carlos E. Cuéllar }} * [https://dp.la/search?utf8=✓&page_size=100&q=Laredo+Texas Items related to Laredo], various dates (via [[Digital Public Library of America]]).

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