Timeline of Chattanooga, Tennessee

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.

19th century

1838 – Cherokee Nation removed from Chattanooga, marched out to 'Indian Territory' (now Oklahoma) on the 'Trail of Tears'
1840 – James Enfield Berry becomes mayor.^[1]
1849 – Western & Atlantic Railroad begins operating.^[2]
1851 – City chartered.^[2]
1854 – Nashville & Chattanooga Railway in operation.^[2]
1862 – June: First Battle of Chattanooga.
1863
- September: Occupation by Union forces begins.^[2]
- November 24: Battle of Lookout Mountain.
- November 25: Battle of Missionary Ridge.
1866 – March: Occupation by Union forces ends.^[2]
1867 – March: The largest flood in the city's recorded history.
1869 – Chattanooga Times newspaper begins publication.^[3]
1882 – Walnut Street Temple dedicated.^[4]
1890 – Walnut Street Bridge built.

20th century

1905 – Chattanooga Public Library opens.
1909 – Hixson High School founded.
1917 – Market Street Bridge built.
1921 – Tivoli Theatre opens.^[5]
1923 – Chattanooga Theatre Centre founded.^[6]
1924 – Memorial Auditorium built.^[5]
1925 – WDOD radio begins broadcasting.^[7]
1930 – Population: 119,798.^[8]
1933 – Chattanooga Free Press newspaper begins publication.^[3]
1935 – Electric Power Board of Chattanooga established.
1937 – Chattanooga Zoo at Warner Park established.^[9]
1940 – Population: 128,163.^[8]
1950 – Population: 131,041.^[8]
1954 – WDEF-TV (television) begins broadcasting.^[10]
1956 – WRGP-TV (television) begins broadcasting.^[10]
1959 – Olgiati Bridge built.
1960 – Population: 130,009.^[8]
1961 – Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum founded.^[11]
1972 – Twelve Tribes (religious group)^[12] and National Knife Museum^[11] founded.
1975 – Marilyn Lloyd becomes U.S. representative for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district.^[13]
1980 – Population: 169,565.^[8]
1983 – Chattanooga African-American Museum established.^[11]
1983-97 – Gene Roberts began city's longest term as mayor.
1984 – Veterans Memorial Bridge built.
1987 – Fellowship of Southern Writers headquartered in Chattanooga.
1989 – Federal judge ordered change in city governance to city council system to allow for more demographically-correct African-American political representation in City Council (Brown vs. Board of Commissioners of the City of Chattanooga)
1992 – Tennessee Aquarium opened.^[9]
1995 – International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum established.
1997
- City website online (approximate date).^[14]
- Jon Kinsey elected mayor.
1999 – Chattanooga Times Free Press newspaper in publication.

21st century

2001 – Bob Corker elected mayor.
2005
- Hunter Museum of American Art building expanded.
- Ron Littlefield elected mayor.
2009 Ron Littlefield re-elected mayor.
2010
- Electric Power Board's one gigabit per second Internet service began.
- Population: 167,674.^[15]
2011
- Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant began operating.
- Chuck Fleischmann elected U.S. representative for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district.^[16]
2013 – Andy Berke elected mayor.
2015 – Lone-wolf terrorist shooting, killed five military members and injuring three others.
2017 – Andy Berke re-elected mayor.

References

↑ "History of Mayors". Chattanooga.gov. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 Federal Writers' Project 1939.
1 2 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
↑ "Chattanooga, Tennessee". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
1 2 "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
↑ "American Association of Community Theatre". Retrieved March 4, 2014.
↑ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Tennessee", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
1 2 3 4 5 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
1 2 Vernon N. Kisling, Jr., ed. (2001). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
1 2 Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Tennessee", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
1 2 3 American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Tennessee: Chattanooga". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). p. 758. ISBN 0759100020.
↑ James R. Lewis (2002), Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions (2nd ed.), Prometheus Books, ISBN 9781573928885
↑ "Tennessee". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1977.
↑ "City of Chattanooga". Archived from the original on May 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
↑ "Chattanooga (city), Tennessee". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 18, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

"Chattanooga". Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1860-61. Nashville: John L. Mitchell.
R.H. Long (1863), "Chattanooga", Hunt's Gazetteer of the Border and Southern States, Pittsburgh, Pa.: John P. Hunt
"Chattanooga, and How We Held It", Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 36, 1868
Joseph Buckner Killebrew; Tennessee Bureau of Agriculture (1874), "East Tennessee: Hamilton County: Chattanooga", Introduction to the Resources of Tennessee, 1, Nashville: Tavel, Eastman & Howell
"Chattanooga". Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Nashville: R.L. Polk & Company. 1876.
Z. Harrison (1878), "Chattanooga", Description of the Cincinnati Southern Railway from Cincinnati to Chattanooga, Cincinnati: Spencer & Craig, OCLC 13741078
J.E. MacGowan (1893). "Chattanooga, Tennessee". East Tennessee: Historical and Biographical. Chattanooga, Tenn.: A.D. Smith & Co.
"Chattanooga", Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to the Southeastern States, Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1899 – via Internet Archive

Published in the 20th century

"Chattanooga", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
Thomas E. Murray (1906), Chattanooga, the Mountain City, Chattanooga, Tenn: Chattanooga & Tennessee River Power Co., OCLC 13851806
Municipal Record, City of Chattanooga . 1911-
Susie McCarver Webster (1915), Historic City, Chattanooga, Chattanooga: McGowan-Cooke, OCLC 11074742
Federal Writers' Project (1939), "Chattanooga", Tennessee: a Guide to the State, American Guide Series, New York: Viking, pp. 251–269
Tennessee Historical Records Survey (1940), "Hamilton County (Chattanooga)", Directory of Churches, Missions, and Religious Institutions of Tennessee, Nashville (33)
James W. Livingood (1981). Joy Bailey Dunn, ed. Hamilton County. Tennessee County History Series. Memphis State University Press. OCLC 6820526. (Includes information about Chattanooga)

Published in the 21st century

Eric W. Allison; Lauren Peters (2010). "Revitalizing Downtown Case Study: Chattanooga, Tennessee". Historic Preservation and the Livable City. John Wiley & Sons. p. 112+. ISBN 978-0-470-90073-4.
"Bounding Back: The Chattanooga Story", MetroTrends, Washington DC: Urban Institute, 2011

External links

Chattanooga Public Library. Local History
Items related to Chattanooga, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
Bibliography of Tennessee Bibliographies: Local History, Nashville: Tennessee Secretary of State

Coordinates: 35°02′44″N 85°16′02″W / 35.045556°N 85.267222°W / 35.045556; -85.267222

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[mayors-1] "History of Mayors". Chattanooga.gov. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[FOOTNOTEFederal_Writers'_Project1939-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Federal Writers' Project 1939.

[LOC-3] 1 2 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[ISJL-4] "Chattanooga, Tennessee". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[LHAT-5] 1 2 "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[AACT-6] "American Association of Community Theatre". Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[Alicoate1939-7] Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Tennessee", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636

[census1998-8] 1 2 3 4 5 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998

[Kisling2001-9] 1 2 Vernon N. Kisling, Jr., ed. (2001). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.

[Alicoate1960-10] 1 2 Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Tennessee", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206

[aaslh2002-11] 1 2 3 American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Tennessee: Chattanooga". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). p. 758. ISBN 0759100020.

[Lewis2002-12] James R. Lewis (2002), Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions (2nd ed.), Prometheus Books, ISBN 9781573928885

[13] "Tennessee". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1977.

[14] "City of Chattanooga". Archived from the original on May 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.

[quickfacts2010-15] "Chattanooga (city), Tennessee". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 18, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[GovTrack-16] Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

Years in Tennessee (1796–present)
18th-19th century	1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

History of Tennessee
By year Pre-statehood U.S. Civil War Since 1900 Topics: African-Americans - Cities - Military - Politics
Tennessee portal