Timeline of Shreveport, Louisiana
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
19th century
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- 1836 – Shreve Town Company organized; named for Henry Miller Shreve, one of its members.[1]
- 1837 – Shreve Town Company begins selling plots of land.[1]
- 1838 – Shreve Town becomes seat of newly formed Caddo Parish.[2][3]
- 1839
- 1841 – Caddo Gazette newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1847 – Burial ground established.[7]
- 1850
- Population: 1,728.
- Brewer's Hall built (approximate date).[8]
- 1852 – South-Western newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1853 – Yellow fever outbreak.[1]
- 1858 – Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad begins operating.[1]
- 1860 – Population: 2,190.
- 1861 – St. Mary's Convent founded.[8]
- 1863 – Shreveport designated Louisiana Confederate capital (until 1865).[8][9]
- 1866 – Charity Hospital established.[10]
- 1870 – Population: 4,607.
- 1871
- Shreveport becomes a city.[4]
- Daily Shreveport Times newspaper begins publication.[6]
- Crisp's Gaiety Theater built.[8]
- 1873
- 1879 – Shreveport Daily Standard newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1880
- First Presbyterian Church built.[8]
- Population: 8,009.
- 1886 – Grand Opera House built.[8]
- 1887 – Shreveport Waterworks Pumping Station built.
- 1890
- Shreveport Library Association formed.[12]
- Population: 11,979.
- 1895 – Evening Judge newspaper in publication.[6]
- 1896 – Holy Trinity Catholic Church rebuilt.[8]
- 1899 – Genevieve Orphanage established.[4]
- 1900 – Population: 16,013.
20th century
- 1901 – People’s Library established.[12]
- 1902 – Shreveport Journal newspaper in publication.[6]
- 1905 – Agudath Achim Synagogue dedicated.[13]
- 1906 – Oil discovered at Caddo Lake in vicinity of Shreveport.[14]
- 1907 – Nearby Bossier City incorporated.[10]
- 1909 – Centenary College of Louisiana relocated to Shreveport from Jackson.
- 1910
- 1912 – United States Post Office and Courthouse built.[8]
- 1915 – Traffic Street Bridge built.[10]
- 1920 – Population: 43,874.
- 1922 – Shreveport Art Club active.[15][16]
- 1923 – Public library built.[17]
- 1925 – Strand Theatre built.[18]
- 1926
- 1927 – Dodd College established.[14]
- 1928
- 1929 – Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium built.
- 1930
- East Texas Oil Field discovered in vicinity of Shreveport.[8]
- Population: 76,655.
- 1931 – Shreveport Downtown Airport begins operating.[2]
- 1933 – U.S. military Barksdale Airfield dedicated.[21]
- 1934 – Long–Allen Bridge opens.[2]
- 1935 – Rodessa oil field discovered in vicinity of Shreveport.[8]
- 1940 – Population: 98,167.[22]
- 1948
- U.S. military Barksdale Air Force Base active.
- KWKH's Louisiana Hayride radio programme begins broadcast.
- 1950
- Shreveport metropolitan area was started
- Population: 127,206.[22]
- 1952 – North Louisiana Historical Association established.
- 1954 - KSLA-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[23]
- 1955 - KTBS-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[23]
- 1960
- Shreveport metropolitan area Added Bossier Parish
- Population: 164,372.[22]
- 1967 – Louisiana State University in Shreveport opens.
- 1970 – Population: 182,064.[22]
- 1972 – Quail Creek Cinema in business.[18]
- 1973
- Shreveport metropolitan area Added Webster Parish
- 1977 – Pioneer Heritage Center and Spring Street Historical Museum founded.[24]
- 1980 – Population: 205,820.[22]
- 1981 – General Motors plant begins operating in Shreveport.
- 1983
- Shreveport metropolitan area Removed Webster Parish
- 1984 – Louisiana Tower (hi-rise) built.
- 1986
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Shreveport established.[25]
- Commercial National Bank Tower (hi-rise) built.
- 1988 – Jim McCrery becomes U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.[26]
- 1990 – Population: 198,525.[22]
- 1993
- Shreveport metropolitan area Redded Webster Parish
- 1994
- 1998
- Keith Hightower becomes mayor.[5]
- City website online (approximate date).[27]
21st century
- 2003
- Shreveport – Bossier City metropolitan area Replaced Webster Parish to De Soto Parish
- 2004 – Convention Center built.[2]
- 2006 – Cedric Glover becomes first African-American in city elected mayor.[5]
- 2007 – Hilton Hotel Convention Center built.
- 2009 – John Fleming becomes U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.[28]
- 2010 – Population: 199,311.[29]
- 2014 – Ollie Tyler becomes first African-American woman in city elected mayor.[5]
See also
References
- Waring 1887.
- Hellmann 2006.
- Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Louisiana: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- Britannica 1910.
- "Listing of the Mayors of Shreveport". City of Shreveport, Louisiana. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- Patti Underwood. "Oakland Cemetery: Timeline". Retrieved July 2, 2016 – via Louisiana State University Shreveport, Noel Memorial Library.
- Federal Writers' Project 1941.
- Acts passed by the Sixth Legislature of the state of Louisiana: at its extra session, held in the city of Shreveport, on the 4th of May, 1863, Shreveport: Printed at the Caddo Gazette Office, 1863
- Plummer 2000.
- R.J. Miciotto (1973). "Shreveport's First Major Health Crisis – 1873". Journal. North Louisiana Historical Association. 4. ISSN 0739-005X.
- "Who We Are: History". Shreveport: Shreve Memorial Library. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- "Shreveport, Louisiana". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- Federal Writers' Project 1941, p. 693: "Chronology"
- Noel Memorial Library. "Archives Database". Louisiana State University Shreveport. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- Louise Patton (1982). "Shreveport Art Club". Journal. North Louisiana Historical Association. 13. ISSN 0739-005X.
- Shreve Memorial Library Chronology, Shreveport, 1951 – via Shreve Memorial Library's Administrative Archives
- "Movie Theaters in Shreveport, LA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Louisiana", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
- "Handbook of North Louisiana Online". Shreveport: Northwest Louisiana Archives. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- Jumonville 2002.
- Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
- Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Louisiana", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
- American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Louisiana: Shreveport". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
- "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- "Louisiana". Official Congressional Directory: 101st Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1989.
- "City of Shreveport, Louisiana Home Page". Archived from the original on January 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- "Shreveport city, Louisiana". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
Bibliography
- published in 19th century
- "Shreveport". Rand McNally Official Railway Guide and Hand Book for the United States and the Dominion of Canada. 1884.
- George E. Waring, Jr.; Department of the Interior, Census Office (1887), "Louisiana: Shreveport", Report on the Social Statistics of Cities: Southern and the Western States, Washington DC: Government Printing Office, pp. 296–300
- "Caddo Parish". Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana. Nashville: Southern Publishing Company. 1890.
- published in 20th century
- F.H. Richardson (1905). "Shreveport, Louisiana". Richardson's Southern Guide. Chicago: Monarch Book Company – via Internet Archive.
- "Shreveport", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- Alcée Fortier (1914), "Shreveport", Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, Century Historical Association
- Federal Writers' Project (1941). "Shreveport". Louisiana: a Guide to the State. American Guide Series. NY: Hastings House – via HathiTrust. + Chronology
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Shreveport, LA", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
- Marguerite R. Plummer; Gary D. Joiner (2000). Historic Shreveport-Bossier: An Illustrated History of Shreveport and Bossier City. San Antonio: Historical Publishing Network. ISBN 978-1-893619-08-1.
- published in 21st century
- Florence M. Jumonville (2002). "Caddo Parish". Louisiana History: An Annotated Bibliography. Greenwood. pp. 401–486. ISBN 978-0-313-28240-9.
- Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Louisiana: Shreveport". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. pp. 441–442. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
- Gary D. Joiner; Ernie Roberson (2010). Lost Shreveport: Vanishing Scenes from the Red River Valley. Charleston, SC: History Press. ISBN 978-1-59629-856-9.
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