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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Garland, Texas, United States.
19th century
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- 1874 - Duck Creek village founded.[1]
- 1878 - Post office established.[1]
- 1886 - Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway begins operating in vicinity of Duck Creek.[2]
- 1887
- Fire occurs; settlement relocated slightly northeast.[1]
- Garland News begins publication.[3]
- 1888 - Relocated settlement named "Garland" after politician Augustus Hill Garland.[1]
- 1890 - Population: 478.
- 1891
- 1895 - Garland Commercial Club formed.[5]
- 1899
20th century
[edit]- 1911 - Garland Independent School District established.[7]
- 1913 - Travis College Hill area platted.[8]
- 1920 - Population: 1,421.
- 1927 - May 9: Tornado.
- 1933 - Nicholson public library opens.[9]
- 1941 - Plaza Theatre in business.[10]
- 1950
- 1951 - City of Garland incorporated.[1]
- 1968 - Garland Civic Theatre established.[11]
- 1970 - Population: 81,437.
- 1972 - Richland Community College established in nearby Dallas.
- 1973
- Garland Landmark Society active.[12]
- Dallas/Fort Worth Airport begins operating in vicinity of Garland.
- 1978 - Garland Symphony Orchestra formed.[13]
- 1980 - Population: 138,857.
- 1982
- Garland Center for the Performing Arts built.[14]
- Amber University active.
- 1986 - KIAB television begins broadcasting.
- 1990 - Population: 180,650.[15]
- 1997 - City website online (approximate date).[16]
- 1999 - KAAM radio on the air.
21st century
[edit]- 2002 - Downtown Garland (DART station) opens.
- 2003
- Hawaiian Falls Garland water park in business.
- Pete Sessions becomes U.S. representative for Texas's newly created 32nd congressional district.[17]
- 2005 - Firewheel Town Center (shopping mall) in business.
- 2007 - Ronald Jones becomes mayor.[4]
- 2010 - Population: 226,876.[18]
- 2013 - Douglas Athas becomes mayor.[4]
- 2015
- May 3: Curtis Culwell Center attack.
- December 26: 2015 Garland tornado.[19]
- 2021
- December 26: 2021 Garland shooting
See also
[edit]- Garland history
- List of mayors of Garland, Texas
- Timelines of other cities in the North Texas area of Texas:[20] Arlington, Dallas, Denton, Fort Worth, Irving, Plano, Wichita Falls
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Nergal 1980.
- ^ Lewis 1892.
- ^ "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Composition of the Garland City Council from the City's Incorporation in 1891 to Present". Garland Landmark Society. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ "Chamber Focused on Commerce, Life", Dallas Morning News, July 7, 1995 – via Garland Landmark Society
- ^ Betty Dooley Awbrey; Stuart Awbrey (2013). Why Stop?: A Guide to Texas Roadside Historical Markers (6th ed.). Taylor Trade Publishing. ISBN 978-1-58979-790-1.
- ^ Texas (1911). General Laws of the State of Texas. Austin.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Garland street makes history as city's first entry on the National Register of Historic Places", Dallas Morning News, March 9, 2017
- ^ "History of the Nicholson Memorial Library System". City of Garland. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Garland, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ "About Us". Garland Civic Theatre. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Texas". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0759100020.
- ^ "About". Garland Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ "About Garland: Arts & Culture". City of Garland. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
- ^ "Official web site of Plano, Texas". City of Plano. Archived from the original on March 27, 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Texas". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2003. hdl:2027/msu.31293024184537 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Garland city, Texas". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ "Tornadoes Leave Paths of Rubble and 11 Dead in the Dallas Area", New York Times, December 27, 2015
- ^ "NCTCOG Members". Arlington: North Central Texas Council of Governments. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
Bibliography
[edit]- "Garland". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1890.
- "Garland". Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. 1892.
- Garland Local History & Genealogical Society Quarterly, OCLC 9147051 1972-
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Garland, TX", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, p. 135, OL 4120668M
- Michael R. Hayslip (1991). Garland: its premiere century. Chatsworth, Calif.: Windsor Publications. ISBN 0897813774.
- Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Texas: Garland". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
- Richard Abshire (2009). Garland: a Contemporary History. San Antonio: Historical Publishing Network. ISBN 978-1-893619-92-0.
- Paul Himmelreich (2014). Garland. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. ISBN 978-1467132268.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Garland, Texas.
- "Garland, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
- Items related to Garland, Texas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
- "United States - Texas - Dallas County - Garland". Portal to Texas History. Denton: University of North Texas Libraries.
- "Helpful Links". Garland Landmark Society. (Related to local history)
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