Timeline of the history of Wichita Falls, Texas, United States
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Wichita Falls, Texas , USA.
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19th century [ edit ]
1879 - Barwise family settles in area.[1]
1880 - Population: 433.
1881 - First United Methodist Church built.[3]
1882 - Fort Worth and Denver City railroad begins operating.
1883 - First Baptist Church founded.[4]
1886 - Drought begins.
1887 - Wichita Weekly Times newspaper begins publication.[5]
1889
Town of Wichita Falls incorporated.
Otis T. Bacon becomes mayor.[6]
1890 - Population: 1,978.[7]
1896 - "Lynching of two bank robbers."[4]
1900
20th century [ edit ]
House in Wichita Gardens, built circa 1933 by U.S. Department of Interior Subsistence Homesteads Division
21st century [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ a b c d e Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr. "Wichita Falls, TX" . Handbook of Texas Online . Texas State Historical Association . Retrieved April 13, 2017 .
^ a b c d "A Very Short History of Wichita Falls" . City of Wichita Falls. Retrieved April 13, 2017 .
^ a b "Texas Historic Sites Atlas" . Austin: Texas Historical Commission . Retrieved April 13, 2017 .
^ a b "US Newspaper Directory" . Chronicling America . Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 13, 2017 .
^ a b "Mayors of Wichita Falls" . City of Wichita Falls. Retrieved April 13, 2017 .
^ a b c d e "City Population History from 1850–2000: Wichita Falls" , Texas Almanac , Texas State Historical Association
^ Handbook of Texas Libraries , Houston: Texas Library Association, 1908, hdl :2027/uc1.b4221835 – via HathiTrust
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Wichita Falls Time Line" . City of Wichita Falls. Retrieved April 13, 2017 .
^ a b c "Movie Theaters in Wichita Falls, TX" . CinemaTreasures.org . Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2017 .
^ "Texas: West Texas" . Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities . Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life . Retrieved April 13, 2017 .
^ Betty Holland Wiesepape (2004). Lone Star Chapters: The Story of Texas Literary Clubs . Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-58544-324-6 .
^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Texas" , Radio Annual , New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
^ "United States TV Stations: Texas" , Yearbook of Radio and Television , New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive
^ a b "Wichita Falls, TX Tornadoes (1900-Present)" . Norman, Oklahoma: National Weather Service . Retrieved April 13, 2017 . (Chronological list)
^ "About" . Wichita Falls Area Food Bank. Retrieved April 13, 2017 .
^ "Texas Food Banks" . Food Bank Locator . Chicago: Feeding America . Retrieved April 13, 2017 .
^ "Texas" . Official Congressional Directory . 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1995. hdl :2027/uc1.l0099748295 – via HathiTrust .
^ "City of Wichita Falls, Texas Home Page" . Archived from the original on November 28, 1999 – 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.
^ "Wichita Falls city, Texas" . QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 13, 2017 .
^ "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 .
^ Forester, Samantha. "7th anniversary of shooting rampage in Wichita Falls" . Retrieved 2017-05-11 .
Bibliography [ edit ]
"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?
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 }}
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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 .
Kenneth E. Hendrickson Jr. (2009). Wichita Falls . Images of America. Arcadia. ISBN 978-1-4396-4625-0 .
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