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The following is a timeline of the
history
of the city of
Laredo
,
Texas
, USA.
This is a
dynamic list
and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by
adding missing items
with
reliable sources
.
Contents
1
18th-19th centuries
2
20th century
3
21st century
4
See also
5
References
6
Bibliography
7
External links
18th-19th centuries
edit
1755 - May 15: Villa de Laredo founded by
Tomás Sánchez
and others in Spanish colonial
Nuevo Santander
,
Viceroyalty of New Spain
.
[
1
]
[
2
]
1760 - Chapel built.
[
citation needed
]
1767 -
San Agustin Church
founded.
[
3
]
1790 - Population: 708.
1821 - Laredo becomes part of independent
Mexican Empire
.
[
4
]
1840 - Laredo becomes capital of the Mexican insurgent
Republic of the Rio Grande
during the
Mexican Federalist War
.
[
4
]
1846 - Laredo taken by U.S.
Texas Rangers
during the
Mexican–American War
.
[
5
]
1847 - U.S. forces occupy town.
[
5
]
1848
Laredo becomes part of the U.S. per
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
at end of Mexican–American War.
Webb County, Texas
created.
[
6
]
1849 - U.S. military
Camp Crawford
established.
[
2
]
1852 - Laredo "chartered as a
Texas
city."
[
2
]
[
5
]
1860 - Population: 1,256.
1872 -
San Agustin Church
rebuilt.
[
3
]
1880
Corpus Christi
-Laredo railway begins operating.
[
2
]
Population: 3,521.
1881
Mexico-Laredo railway begins operating.
[
2
]
St. Peter's neighborhood development begins.
[
3
]
City plan for Laredo and
Nuevo Laredo
, "'Plano de los Dos Laredos' created by E.R. Laroche."
[
3
]
[
7
]
1882
Laredo Seminary
[
5
]
and city water works
[
8
]
established.
County Courthouse built.
[
8
]
1883 -
Daily Laredo Times
newspaper begins publication.
[
9
]
1888 - Laredo Improvement Company formed.
[
3
]
1889
Street railway begins operating.
[
3
]
"Foot and wagon bridge built across the Rio Grande" at Convent Avenue.
[
3
]
[
8
]
1890 - Population: 11,319.
1898 - Onion farming begins (approximate date).
[
2
]
1900 - Population: 13,429.
[
5
]
20th century
edit
1904 - Laredo Academy established.
[
10
]
1907 -
Laredo United States Post Office, Court House and Custom House
built.
1908 - Discovery of natural gas in vicinity of Laredo.
[
5
]
1909 -
Webb County Courthouse
built.
1910 - Population: 14,855.
[
5
]
1911 - Liga Femenil Mexicanista (women's group) founded in Laredo.
[
11
]
1915 - Laredo public library active (approximate date).
[
12
]
1920
Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge
opened.
Population: 22,710.
1922
International Bridge opens.
[
3
]
Azteca Theater opens.
[
3
]
1937 - Foundry Workers' Union of Laredo formed.
[
13
]
1938 - KPAB
radio
begins broadcasting.
[
14
]
1946 -
Fort McIntosh, Texas
de-activated.
1947 -
Laredo Junior College
established.
1950 - Population: 51,910.
1954 - Flood.
[
3
]
1956 - KGNS-TV (
television
) begins broadcasting.
[
15
]
1969 -
Texas A&M International University
established.
1970
River Drive Mall
in business.
Population: 69,678.
1977 -
Mall del Norte
in business.
1978 -
Aldo Tatangelo
becomes mayor.
[
16
]
1980
Webb County Heritage Foundation established.
Population: 91,449.
1990
Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.
becomes mayor.
[
16
]
Population: 122,899.
1993
Laredo Community College
active.
Cinemark Movies 12 (cinema) in business.
[
17
]
1998 -
Betty Flores
becomes mayor.
[
16
]
2000
Roman Catholic Diocese of Laredo
established.
[
18
]
Population: 176,576.
21st century
edit
2001 - City website online (approximate date).
[
19
]
[
chronology citation needed
]
2005 -
Henry Cuellar
becomes
U.S. representative
for
Texas's 28th congressional district
.
[
20
]
[
21
]
2006 -
Raul G. Salinas
becomes mayor.
[
16
]
2007 - Cinemark Mall Del Norte (cinema) in business.
[
17
]
2008 -
Rio Grande Detention Center
opens, housing up to 1900 federal prisoners for the U.S. government
[
22
]
2010 - Population: 236,091.
[
23
]
2014 -
Pete Saenz
becomes mayor.
[
16
]
See also
edit
Laredo, Texas history
(
es
)
List of mayors of Laredo, Texas
National Register of Historic Places listings in Webb County, Texas
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico history
(
es
)
Timelines of other
cities
in the
South Texas
area of Texas:
Brownsville
,
Corpus Christi
,
McAllen
,
San Antonio
References
edit
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(1915).
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. City of Laredo
. Retrieved
June 27,
2016
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Britannica 1910
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^
Scholl Center for American History and Culture.
"Texas: Individual County Chronologies"
.
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
. Chicago:
Newberry Library
. Retrieved
June 27,
2016
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^
"United States - Texas - Webb County - Laredo"
.
Portal to Texas History
. Denton: University of North Texas Libraries.
^
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"Local History"
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. Retrieved
June 27,
2016
.
^
"US Newspaper Directory"
.
Chronicling America
. Washington DC: Library of Congress
. Retrieved
June 27,
2016
.
^
Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide
. Belo & Company. 1910.
^
"Timeline"
.
Women in Texas History
. Austin: Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation for Texas Women's History
. Retrieved
June 27,
2016
.
^
"News Notes"
.
Texas Libraries
.
1
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^
University of Texas Libraries.
"Laredo"
.
Texas Archival Resources Online
. University of Texas at Austin
. Retrieved
June 27,
2016
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^
Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939),
"Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Texas"
,
Radio Annual
, New York: Radio Daily,
OCLC
2459636
^
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,
Radio Annual and Television Year Book
, New York: Radio Daily Corp.,
OCLC
10512206
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b
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e
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(PDF)
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2016
.
^
a
b
"Movie Theaters in Laredo, TX"
.
CinemaTreasures.org
. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC
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.
^
"Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA"
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June 27,
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^
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.
GovTrack
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"Rio Grande Detention Center"
.
GEO Group
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on 22 July 2016
. Retrieved
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2016
.
^
"Laredo city, Texas"
.
QuickFacts
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. Retrieved
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2016
.
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.
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,
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Stanley Cooper Green, Laredo, 1755–1920 (Laredo: Nuevo Santander Museum Complex, 1981)
Gilberto Miguel Hinojosa, A Borderlands Town in Transition: Laredo, 1755–1870 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1983)
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External links
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Laredo, Texas
.
"Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Laredo"
.
Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection
. University of Texas at Austin.
"Laredo"
.
Texas Archive of the Moving Image
. Austin, TX.
Carlos E. Cuéllar.
"Laredo, TX"
.
Handbook of Texas Online
.
Texas State Historical Association
.
Items related to Laredo
, various dates (via
Digital Public Library of America
).
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