Timeline of Amarillo, Texas explained

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

19th century

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

20th century

• 1905 - Amarillo Livestock Auction begins. It will go on to become the world's largest seller of cattle by open bidding.^[1]
• 1907 - Grand Opera House built.
• 1909
  • Amarillo News begins publication.
  • Amarillo National Bank established.
• 1910 - Population: 9,957.
• 1914 - Amarillo Police Department formed.
• 1915 - Panhandle Weekly newspaper begins publication.
• 1918 - "Natural gas discovered."
• 1921 - "Oil discovered."
• 1924
  • Amarillo Globe newspaper begins publication.^[2]
  • Tri-State Fairgrounds open.
• 1926
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo established.^[3]
  • Amarillo Globe-News newspaper in publication.
  • Herring Hotel built.
• 1929
  • Amarillo College established.
  • English Field (airfield) begins operating.
  • Temple B'nai Israel dedicated.^[4]
• 1930
  • Santa Fe Building (hi-rise) constructed.
  • Population: 43,132.
• 1932
  • Potter County Courthouse built.
  • Paramount Theatre in business.^[5]
• 1935
  • KGNC radio begins broadcasting.^[6]
• 1939
  • Amarillo US Post Office and Courthouse built.
  • KFDA radio begins broadcasting.
• 1942 - U.S. military Amarillo Army Air Field activated near city.
• 1949 - Sunset Drive-In cinema in business.
• 1953 - KFDA-TV and KGNC-TV (now KAMR-TV) (television) begin broadcasting.
• 1954 - Texas State Highway Loop 279 in operation.
• 1957 - KVII-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
• 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.
• 1971 - Chase Tower built.
• 1972 - Amarillo Art Center established.
• 1976 - Amarillo International Airport in operation.
• 1982
  • High Plains Food Bank organized.^[7]
  • 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.
• 2000 - Amarillo National Center (arena) built.

21st century

• 2006 - Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts opens.
• 2010 - Population: 190,695.^[8]
• 2011 - Paul Harpole becomes mayor.^[9]
• 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

Bibliography

• Book: Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. 1890. R.L. Polk & Co.. Detroit. Amarillo. https://archive.org/stream/texasstategazett31rlpo#page/n307/mode/2up.
• Book: Charter of the City of Amarillo . 1914 . Amarillo, Tex. [Russell & Cockrell] .
• Book: Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. 1914. R.L. Polk & Co. . Detroit. Amarillo. https://archive.org/stream/texasstategazett01rlpo_0#page/n197/mode/2up.
• + 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).
  • Book: Helen Simons. Cathryn A. Hoyt. Guide to Hispanic Texas. 1996. Abridged. University of Texas Press. 978-0-292-77709-5. Lubbock and the Plains: Amarillo. 295+. .
• Book: David J. Wishart . Encyclopedia of the Great Plains . http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.ct.000.xml . University of Nebraska Press . 0-8032-4787-7 . 2004 . Cities and Towns: Amarillo, Texas . .
• Book: Amarillo: the Story of a Western Town. Paul H. Carlson . 2006 . . Lubbock . 978-0-89672-587-4 . .
• Book: Paul T. Hellmann. Historical Gazetteer of the United States. 2006. Taylor & Francis. 1-135-94859-3. Texas: Amarillo. .
• Book: Ron Smith. Amarillo . Arcadia . Postcard History Series . 978-0-7385-7123-2 . 2009 .
• Book: David G. McComb . The City in Texas: a History. University of Texas Press . 978-0-292-76746-1 . 2015 . Railroad Towns: Amarillo . 134+ .

External links

• • Web site: Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Amarillo . . University of Texas at Austin .
• Web site: Amarillo . . Austin, TX .

Notes and References

1. Stanley Walker . Stanley Walker (editor) . February 1961 . The Fabulous State of Texas. . 119 . 2.
2. Web site: US Newspaper Directory . Washington DC . . Library of Congress . April 8, 2017 .
3. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA . . Norway . April 8, 2017 .
4. Encyclopedia: Texas: West Texas: Amarillo . Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities . . Jackson, Mississippi . April 8, 2017 .
5. Web site: Movie Theaters in Amarillo, TX . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . April 8, 2017 .
6. https://archive.org/details/broadcasting89unse/page/n635/mode/1up "Newspaper Operates KGNC"
7. Web site: About . Amarillo . High Plains Food Bank . April 8, 2017 .
8. Web site: Amarillo city, Texas . QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau . April 8, 2017 .
9. Web site: History of Amarillo City Officials . City of Amarillo . April 8, 2017 .