Timeline of Lubbock, Texas
Timeline of the history of Lubbock, Texas, United States
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lubbock, Texas, USA.
19th century
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- 1876 - Lubbock County established; named after Thomas Saltus Lubbock.[1]
- 1890 - Lubbock settlement formed by merger of Old Lubbock and Monterey.[2]
- 1891
- 1900 - Lubbock Avalanche newspaper begins publication.[5]
20th century
- 1909
- Railroad begins operating.
- City of Lubbock incorporated.[2]
- Frank E. Wheelock becomes mayor.
- 1910 - Population: 1,938.
- 1913 - Chamber of Commerce formed.[6]
- 1914
- South Plains Fair begins.
- St. Paul's-on-the-Plains Church established.[7]
- 1917 - Lubbock Sanitarium (hospital)[1] and Mt. Gilead Baptist Church[8] established.
- 1920 - Population: 4,051.
- 1924 - San Jose Catholic Church and Palace Theatre built.[8]
- 1925
- 1926 - Texas Technological College Dairy Barn built.[7][10]
- 1929 - West Texas Museum established.
- 1930
- Guadalupe School built.[8]
- Population: 20,520.
- 1931 - Lubbock High School built.[11]
- 1932 - KFYO (AM) radio begins broadcasting from Lubbock.[8]
- 1933
- Baptist Church established.[1]
- Texan Theatre in business.[9]
- 1936
- September 7: Musician Buddy Holly born.
- Lubbock Lake Site archaeological remains discovered.[1]
- 1937
- South Plains Airport begins operating.
- Shaareth Israel Synagogue established.[12]
- 1940
- 1941 - U.S. Army Flying School established near city.
- 1942 - U.S. Army South Plains Flying School established.
- 1943-1944 - Royal Air Force airmen cadets flew routinely to Lubbock on training missions from the RAF training base at Terrell, Texas.[13]
- 1945 - Chatman Hospital opens.[8]
- 1946
- Lubbock Symphony Orchestra formed.[1]
- Plains Theatre in business.[9]
- 1949 - U.S. military Reese Air Force Base active.
- 1950 - Population: 71,747.
- 1951
- 1952 - KCBD-TV and KDUB-TV (television) begin broadcasting.[16]
- 1953 - KDAV radio begins broadcasting.
- 1957 - Lubbock Christian College opens.[1]
- 1959 - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal newspaper in publication.[5]
- 1960 - Population: 128,691.[17]
- 1961 - South Plains Genealogical Society founded.[18]
- 1962 - San Jose Catholic Church rebuilt.[19]
- 1965 - Green Fair Manor apartment building constructed.[20]
- 1966 - City "urban renewal relocation housing project" completed.[20]
- 1969
- Lubbock State School opens.[1]
- Texas Tech University School of Medicine[8] and Lubbock Civic Ballet[1] established.
- Preston Smith of Lubbock becomes Governor of Texas.[8]
- 1970
- May 11: 1970 Lubbock tornado.[21]
- Population: 149,101.[17]
- 1977 - Lubbock Memorial Civic Center built.
- 1978 - May 19 Bombing at Faith Club Alcoholics Anonymous. Stevie Ray Vaughan played at Stubbs BBQ and AC/DC played at the Municipal Coliseum.
- 1979 - Lubbock Heritage Society formed.[22]
- 1980 - Population: 173,979.[17]
- 1983 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Lubbock established.[23]
- 1990 - Population: 186,206.[17]
- 1998 – City website online (approximate date).[24][chronology citation needed]
- 2000 - Population: 199,564.
21st century
- 2003 - Randy Neugebauer becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 19th congressional district.[25][26]
- 2008 - Tom Martin becomes mayor.[27]
- 2010 - Population: 229,573.[28]
- 2012 - Glen Robertson becomes mayor.[27]
- 2016 - Dan Pope becomes mayor.[27]
See also
- Lubbock, Texas history
- List of mayors of Lubbock, Texas
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Lubbock County, Texas
- Timelines of other cities in the West Texas area of Texas: Abilene, Amarillo, El Paso, Midland
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Handbook of Texas Online". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "About Lubbock". City of Lubbock, Texas. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ^ Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project 1940.
- ^ a b c "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ^ Jan Blodgett (1988). Land of Bright Promise: Advertising the Texas Panhandle and South Plains, 1870-1917. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292730373.
- ^ a b "Historic Lubbock". Lubbock Heritage Society. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Abbe 2008.
- ^ a b c d e "Movie Theaters in Lubbock, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ^ University of Texas Libraries. "(Lubbock)". Texas Archival Resources Online. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ^ Awbrey 2013.
- ^ "Texas: West Texas: Lubbock". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ^ AT6 Monument
- ^ "About: History Timeline". Lubbock, TX: High Plains Water District. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ^ Gregory Curtis (December 1974). "Lubbock: World's Largest City with No Water". Texas Monthly – via Google Books. (fulltext)
- ^ Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Texas", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
- ^ a b c d Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ^ "About Us". Lubbock, Texas: South Plains Genealogical Society. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ^ Simons 1996.
- ^ a b Edgley 1968.
- ^ "List of the top 10 worst tornadoes in Texas history". Amarillo, TX: National Weather Service. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
- ^ "LHS Timeline". Lubbock Heritage Society. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ^ "Lubbock Virtual City Government". Archived from the original on 1998-12-05 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ^ "Texas". Official Congressional Directory: 109th Congress. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2005. hdl:2027/uc1.l0098324288 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ a b c "History of City Council Members". City of Lubbock, Texas. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ^ "Lubbock city, Texas". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
Bibliography
- "Lubbock". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1890 – via Internet Archive.
- Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Lubbock", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House, pp. 521–522, hdl:2027/mdp.39015002677667 – via HathiTrust
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Lawrence L. Graves, ed., A History of Lubbock (Lubbock: West Texas Museum Association, 1962)
- Charles K. Edgley, W. G. Steglich and Walter J. Cartwright (1968). "Rent Subsidy and Housing Satisfaction: The Case of Urban Renewal in Lubbock, Texas". American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 27 (2): 113–124. doi:10.1111/j.1536-7150.1968.tb01032.x. JSTOR 3485264.
- Lawrence L. Graves, ed., Lubbock: From Town to City (Lubbock: West Texas Museum Association, 1986)
- Helen Simons; Cathryn A. Hoyt, eds. (1996). "Lubbock and the Plains". A Guide to Hispanic Texas (Abridged ed.). University of Texas Press. pp. 287–322. ISBN 978-0-292-77709-5.
- David J. Wishart, ed. (2004). "Cities and Towns: Lubbock, Texas". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-4787-7.
- Donald R. Abbe; Paul Howard Carlson (2008). Historic Lubbock County: an Illustrated History. San Antonio: Historical Publishing Network. ISBN 978-1-893619-90-6.
- Russell Hill (2011). Lubbock. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0-7385-7968-9.
- Betty Dooley Awbrey; Stuart Awbrey (2013). "Lubbock". Why Stop?: A Guide to Texas Roadside Historical Markers (6th ed.). Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 287+. ISBN 978-1-58979-790-1.
- Lubbock. Images of America. Arcadia. 2013. ISBN 978-0-7385-9608-2.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lubbock, Texas.
- "(Subject: Lubbock (Tex.))". Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Digital Collections. Texas Tech University.
- "Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Lubbock". Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin.
- "Lubbock". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX.
- Items related to Lubbock, Texas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
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