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

19th century

  • 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
    • Ladies Library Association organized.[8]
    • Lake Wichita created near town.[2]

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. 1 2 3 4 5 Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr. "Wichita Falls, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Federal Writers' Project 1940.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "A Very Short History of Wichita Falls". City of Wichita Falls. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Texas Historic Sites Atlas". Austin: Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Mayors of Wichita Falls". City of Wichita Falls. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "City Population History from 1850–2000: Wichita Falls", Texas Almanac, Texas State Historical Association
  8. ↑ Handbook of Texas Libraries, Houston: Texas Library Association, 1908, hdl:2027/uc1.b4221835 – via HathiTrust
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Wichita Falls Time Line". City of Wichita Falls. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 "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. ↑ Betty Holland Wiesepape (2004). Lone Star Chapters: The Story of Texas Literary Clubs. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-58544-324-6.
  14. ↑ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Texas", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 Free access icon
  15. ↑ "United States TV Stations: Texas", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive Free access icon
  16. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Texas". Official Congressional Directory. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1995. hdl:2027/uc1.l0099748295 – via HathiTrust.
  20. ↑ "City of Wichita Falls, Texas Home Page". Archived from the original on November 28, 1999 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  21. ↑ Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.). "United States of America: Texas". Official City Sites. Utah. 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.

Bibliography

  • "Wichita Falls". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. St. Louis: R.L. Polk & Co. 1884.
  • "Wichita Falls". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1890.
  • "Wichita Falls". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1914.
  • Ellis A. Davis; Edwin H. Grobe, eds. (1926). "(Wichita Falls)". New Encyclopedia of Texas. Dallas: Texas Development Bureau. pp. 103–106. circa 1926? Free access icon
  • Jonnie R. Morgan, The History of Wichita Falls (Wichita Falls, 1931)
  • Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Wichita Falls", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House, hdl:2027/mdp.39015002677667 – via HathiTrust{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
  • Duty, Michael (1982). Wichita Falls: A Century of Photographs. Wichita Falls: Midwestern State University Press.
  • Kelly, Louise (1982). Wichita County Beginnings. Burnet, Texas: Eakin Press.
  • Wilson, Steve (1982). Wichita Falls: A Pictorial History. Norfolk, Virginia: Donning.
  • Wishart, David J., ed. (2004). "Cities and Towns: Wichita Falls, Texas". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-4787-7.
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