Timeline of Amarillo, Texas

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Amarillo, Texas, USA.

19th century

• 1889 - Town of Amarillo incorporated.[1]
• 1890 - Population: 482.
• 1892 - W. W. Wetsel becomes mayor.[2]
• 1899 - City of Amarillo incorporated.[1]
• 1900 - Population: 1,442.

20th century

• 1905 - Amarillo Livestock Auction begins.[1]
• 1907 - Grand Opera House built.[3]
• 1909
  • Amarillo News begins publication.[1]
  • Amarillo National Bank established.
• 1910 - Population: 9,957.
• 1914 - Amarillo Police Department formed.
• 1915 - Panhandle Weekly newspaper begins publication.[4]
• 1918 - "Natural gas discovered."[1]
• 1921 - "Oil discovered."[1]
• 1924
  • Amarillo Globe newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • KGNC radio begins broadcasting.[5]
  • Tri-State Fairgrounds open.[1]
• 1926
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo established.[6]
  • Amarillo Globe-News newspaper in publication.
  • Herring Hotel built.
• 1929
  • Amarillo College established.[1]
  • English Field (airfield) begins operating.
  • Temple B'nai Israel dedicated.[7]
• 1930
  • Santa Fe Building (hi-rise) constructed.
  • Population: 43,132.
• 1932
  • Potter County Courthouse built.
  • Paramount Theatre in business.[8]
• 1939
  • Amarillo US Post Office and Courthouse built.
  • KFDA radio begins broadcasting.[5]
• 1942 - U.S. military Amarillo Army Air Field activated near city.
• 1949 - Sunset Drive-In cinema in business.[8]
• 1953 - KFDA-TV and KGNC-TV (now KAMR-TV) (television) begin broadcasting.[9]
• 1954 - Texas State Highway Loop 279 in operation.
• 1957 - KVII-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[9]
• 1960 - Population: 137,969.
• 1966 - Amarillo City Transit established.
• 1968
  • U.S. military Amarillo Air Force Base closes.
  • Amarillo Civic Center (convention center) opens (approximate date).
  • Fox Theatre (cinema) in business.[8]
• 1971 - Chase Tower built.
• 1972 - Amarillo Art Center established.[1]
• 1976 - Amarillo International Airport in operation.
• 1982 - High Plains Food Bank organized.[10]
• 1982 - KJTV (now KCIT) ((television) begin broadcasting.
• 1990 - Population: 157,571.
• 1998 - February 10: Oprah Winfrey wins mad cow disease-related lawsuit brought by local ranchers.[1]
• 2000 - Amarillo National Center (arena) built.

21st century

• 2006 - Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts opens.
• 2010 - Population: 190,695.[11]
• 2011 - Paul Harpole becomes mayor.[2]
• 2017 - Xcel Energy opens a new building in downtown Amarillo Also a new downtown hotel was built along with a parking garage. Also Ginger Nelson was elected the 2nd female mayor in Amarillo.

See also

• Amarillo history
• List of mayors of Amarillo, Texas
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Potter County, Texas
• Timelines of other cities in the West Texas area of Texas: Abilene, El Paso, Lubbock, Midland

References

1. Hellmann 2006.
2. "History of Amarillo City Officials". City of Amarillo. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
3. Carlson 2006.
4. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
5. Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Texas", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
6. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
7. "Texas: West Texas: Amarillo". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
8. "Movie Theaters in Amarillo, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
9. "United States TV Stations: Texas", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive
10. "About". Amarillo: High Plains Food Bank. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
11. "Amarillo city, Texas". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 8, 2017.

Bibliography

• "Amarillo". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1890.
• Charter of the City of Amarillo. 1914.
• "Amarillo". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1914.
• Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Amarillo", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House – via HathiTrust + chronology
• Della Tyler Key. In the Cattle Country: History of Potter County, 1887–1966 (Amarillo: Tyler-Berkley, 1961; 2d ed., Wichita Falls: Nortex, 1972).
• David L. Nail. One Short Sleep Past: A Profile of Amarillo in the Thirties (Canyon, Texas: Staked Plains, 1973).
• Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Amarillo, TX", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
• Helen Simons; Cathryn A. Hoyt, eds. (1996). "Lubbock and the Plains: Amarillo". Guide to Hispanic Texas (Abridged ed.). University of Texas Press. pp. 295+. ISBN 978-0-292-77709-5.
• David J. Wishart, ed. (2004). "Cities and Towns: Amarillo, Texas". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-4787-7.
• Paul H. Carlson (2006). Amarillo: the Story of a Western Town. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 978-0-89672-587-4.
• Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Texas: Amarillo". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
• Ron Smith (2009). Amarillo. Postcard History Series. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0-7385-7123-2.
• David G. McComb (2015). "Railroad Towns: Amarillo". The City in Texas: a History. University of Texas Press. pp. 134+. ISBN 978-0-292-76746-1.

External links

• "Windows on the Past", Amarillo Globe-News, Series featuring photographs pulled from the archives of the Amarillo Globe-News
• "Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Amarillo". Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin.
• "Amarillo". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX.