Timeline of Wichita Falls, Texas

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

19th century
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  • 1879 - Barwise family settles in area.[1]
  • 1880 - Population: 433.[2]
  • 1881 - First United Methodist Church built.[3]
  • 1882 - Fort Worth and Denver City railroad begins operating.[2]
  • 1883 - First Baptist Church founded.[4]
  • 1886 - Drought begins.[2]
  • 1887 - Wichita Weekly Times newspaper begins publication.[5]
  • 1889
    • Town of Wichita Falls incorporated.[2]
    • Otis T. Bacon becomes mayor.[6]
  • 1890 - Population: 1,978.[7]
  • 1896 - "Lynching of two bank robbers."[2][4]
  • 1900
    • Ladies Library Association organized.[8]
    • Lake Wichita created near town.[2]

20th century
House in Wichita Gardens, built circa 1933 by U.S. Department of Interior Subsistence Homesteads Division

21st century
  • 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

References
  1. Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr. "Wichita Falls, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  2. Federal Writers' Project 1940.
  3. "A Very Short History of Wichita Falls". City of Wichita Falls. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  4. "Texas Historic Sites Atlas". Austin: Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  5. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  6. "Mayors of Wichita Falls". City of Wichita Falls. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  7. "City Population History from 1850–2000: Wichita Falls", Texas Almanac, Texas State Historical Association
  8. Handbook of Texas Libraries, Houston: Texas Library Association, 1908, hdl:2027/uc1.b4221835 – via HathiTrust
  9. "Wichita Falls Time Line". City of Wichita Falls. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  10. "Movie Theaters in Wichita Falls, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  11. Kelly 1982.
  12. "Texas: West Texas". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  13. Betty Holland Wiesepape (2004). Lone Star Chapters: The Story of Texas Literary Clubs. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-58544-324-6.
  14. Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Texas", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 icon of an open green padlock
  15. "United States TV Stations: Texas", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive icon of an open green padlock
  16. "Wichita Falls, TX Tornadoes (1900-Present)". Norman, Oklahoma: National Weather Service. Retrieved April 13, 2017. (Chronological list)
  17. "About". Wichita Falls Area Food Bank. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  18. "Texas Food Banks". Food Bank Locator. Chicago: Feeding America. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  19. "Texas". Official Congressional Directory. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1995. hdl:2027/uc1.l0099748295 – via HathiTrust.
  20. "City of Wichita Falls, Texas Home Page". Archived from the original on November 28, 1999 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  21. Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.). "United States of America: Texas". Official City Sites. Utah. OCLC 40169021. Archived from the original on August 24, 2000.
  22. "Wichita Falls city, Texas". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  23. "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.
  24. Forester, Samantha. "7th anniversary of shooting rampage in Wichita Falls". Retrieved 2017-05-11.

Bibliography
  • "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? icon of an open green padlock
  • 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}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
  • 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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