Timeline of Midland, Texas explained

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

19th century

• 1884 - Midland Post Office established.^[1]
• 1885 - Midland County created.
• 1886 - First Baptist Church founded.^[2]
• 1888 - Midland Reporter newspaper begins publication.^[3]

20th century

• 1906 - City of Midland incorporated.
• 1909 - County jail built.^[4]
• 1910
  • Midland Christian College established.
  • Population: 2,192.
• 1924 - Chamber of Commerce formed.^[5]
• 1929
  • Reporter-Telegram newspaper begins publication.^[6]
  • Yucca Theatre in business.^[7]
• 1932 - Midland County Historical Museum founded.^[8]
• 1935 - KRLH radio begins broadcasting.
• 1940 - Population: 9,352.
• 1946 - U.S. military Midland Army Air Force Base closes.
• 1952 - Midland County Historical Society established.^[9]
• 1953 - KMID-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
• 1958 - Midland County Library built.^[10]
• 1960 - Population: 62,625.
• 1961 - KDCD-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
• 1968 - U.S. Supreme Court decides redistricting-related Avery v. Midland County lawsuit.
• 1972
  • Midland College active.
  • Ernest Angelo becomes mayor.
• 1987 - "Baby Jessica" incident occurs
• 1990 - Population: 89,443.
• 1991 - American Airpower Heritage Museum relocates to Midland.
• 1999 - City website online (approximate date).^{[11] [12]}

21st century

• 2010 - Population: 111,147.^[13]
• 2014 - Jerry Morales becomes mayor.
• 2019 - A spree shooting occurs in Midland and nearby Odessa, killing eight including the gunman and injuring another 25.^[14]

See also

• Midland history
• List of mayors of Midland, Texas
• Timelines of other cities in the West Texas area of Texas: Abilene, Amarillo, El Paso, Lubbock

Bibliography

• Book: Texas Almanac . 1912. A.H. Belo & Company . Dallas. Midland County. https://books.google.com/books?id=RUxEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA328.
• Book: Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. 1914. R.L. Polk & Co. . Detroit. Midland. https://archive.org/stream/texasstategazett02rlpo_0#page/n613/mode/2up.
  • Book: John Howard Griffin . Land of the High Sky: History of Midland County of West Texas from 1849 to the Present . 731414735 . First National Bank of Midland . 1959 .
  • Roger M. Olien and Diana Davids Olien. Oil Booms: Social Change in Five Texas Towns. University of Nebraska Press, 1982. (About McCamey, Midland, Odessa, Snyder, Wink)
• Book: Pioneer History of Midland County, Texas, 1880-1926 . Dallas . 12262730 . 1984 .
• Book: David J. Wishart . 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: Midland, Texas. .
• Book: Paul T. Hellmann. Historical Gazetteer of the United States. 2006. Taylor & Francis. 1-135-94859-3. Texas: Midland. .
• Book: Images of America . Arcadia . Charleston, SC . 9781439639696. James Collett. Midland . 2010.

External links

• Web site: Genealogical Research Center: Our Collection . Midland County Library .
• Web site: Midand Genealogical Society Web Page . Favorite Links . .
• Items related to Midland, Texas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

Notes and References

1. Web site: John Leffler . Midland, TX . Handbook of Texas Online . . April 10, 2017 .
2. Web site: Texas Historic Sites Atlas . . Austin . April 10, 2017 .
3. Book: American Newspaper Annual & Directory . Philadelphia . . 1922 . Texas . 2027/umn.31951001295695n?urlappend=%3Bseq=1270 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951001295695n?urlappend=%3Bseq=1270 .
4. Book: Edward A. Blackburn. Wanted: Historic County Jails of Texas. 2006 . Texas A&M University Press. 978-1-58544-498-4.
5. Web site: About Us . Midland Chamber of Commerce. April 10, 2017 .
6. Web site: US Newspaper Directory . Washington DC . . Library of Congress . April 10, 2017 .
7. Web site: Movie Theaters in Midland, TX . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . April 10, 2017 .
8. Book: Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada . 2002 . 15th . 0759100020 . American Association for State and Local History . Texas . Rowman Altamira .
9. Web site: Heritage Park . Midland Center for the Arts . April 10, 2017 .
10. Web site: Midland County Public Library: a History . Sutori . Sarah Ross . April 10, 2017 . (Timeline)
11. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/19990428045933/http://www.ci.midland.tx.us/ . Www.ci.midland.tx.us . April 28, 1999 . dead . City of Midland . .
12. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20000824030933/http://officialcitysites.org/Texas/Cities/M/ . United States of America: Texas . dead . August 24, 2000 . Official City Sites . Kevin Hyde . Tamie Hyde . Utah . 40169021 .
13. Web site: Midland city, Texas . QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau . April 10, 2017 .
14. Web site: 5 dead, 21 injured after motorist opens fire in Odessa, Texas. NBC News. en. August 31, 2019. August 31, 2019. Dennis Romero. Andrew Blankstein. Tom Winter.