Timeline of Tucson, Arizona
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tucson, Arizona, USA.
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18th century
- 1732 - Mission San Xavier del Bac founded by Jesuits near present-day Tucson.[1]
- 1776 - Presidio San Augustin del Tucson (military outpost) established.[1]
- 1779 - December 6: First Battle of Tucson.
- 1782
- May 1: Second Battle of Tucson.
- December 25: Third Battle of Tucson (1782).
- 1784 - March 21: Fourth Battle of Tucson, Sonora, New Spain.
19th century
- 1846 - December 16: Capture of Tucson, Sonora, Mexico, by United States forces.
- 1847 - Tucson occupied by "Mormon Battalion."[2]
- 1848 - Population: 760.[1]
- 1853 - Territory becomes part of the United States per Gadsden Purchase.[1]
- 1856 - August 29: Conference held to organize Arizona Territory.
- 1857 - San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line in operation.
- 1862
- February: Tucson occupied by Confederate forces.[1]
- May 20: Capture of Tucson by Union forces.[1]
- 1863 - Tully, Ochoa & Co. merchandisers in business.[3]
- 1866 - L. Zechendorf & Co. merchandisers in business.[3]
- 1867 - Tucson becomes capital of Arizona Territory.[1]
- 1869 - St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church built.[2]
- 1870
- Arizona Citizen newspaper begins publication.[4]
- J.S. Mansfield news depot in business.[3]
- 1872
- 1873
- San Diego-Tucson telegraph begins operating (approximate date).[5]
- Fort Lowell built near Tucson.[1]
- 1875 - Estevan Ochoa elected mayor.
- 1876 - Pie Allen becomes mayor.
- 1877 - Town incorporated.[1]
- 1878 - El Fronterizo newspaper begins publication.[4][6]
- 1879
- Arizona Daily Star newspaper begins publication.[4]
- Presbyterian Church built.[2]
- 1880
- 1881
- 1882 - March 20: Wyatt Earp kills Frank Stilwell.
- 1883 - City chartered. Townsite is bounded by Speedway Boulevard on the north, 22nd Street on the south, 1st Avenue on the east, & on the west by Main Avenue from north of 18th Street, & 10th Avenue from south of 18th Street.[1]
- 1891 - University of Arizona opens per Morrill Act;[1] Old Main, University of Arizona built.
- 1893 - Arizona State Museum established.
- 1897 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson established; Cathedral of Saint Augustine (Tucson) built.
20th century
- 1900 - Population: 7,531.[1]
- 1903 - Desert Laboratory founded.
- 1907 - Southern Pacific railway station built.
- 1910 - Population: 13,193.[1]
- 1912 - City becomes part of new State of Arizona.
- 1919
- City airfield established.
- Hotel Congress in business.
- 1920 - Rialto Theatre (Arizona) opens.
- 1927
- Charles Lindbergh visits city.
- Temple of Music & Art built.[7]
- 1928 - James A. Walsh United States Courthouse built.
- 1929
- Pima County Courthouse and Consolidated National Bank building constructed.
- Pioneer Hotel in business.
- 1930
- Fox Tucson Theatre and Plaza Theater (Tucson) open.
- Arizona Inn built.[8]
- 1933 - Henry Jaastad becomes mayor.[9]
- 1940
- Tucson Army Air Field established.
- South Tucson incorporates as a city.
- 1941 - Davis–Monthan Air Force Base established.
- 1950 - Catalina Highway constructed.
- 1952 - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum founded.
- 1954 - Hirsh's Shoes (shop) built.[8]
- 1955
- Don Hummel becomes mayor.
- Southern Pacific 1673 train exhibit opens.
- 1956 - Tucson Air National Guard Base active.
- 1960
- University of Arizona Poetry Center founded.
- Old Tucson Studios theme park and El Con Mall in business.
- 1962 - Phoenix Title Building constructed.
- 1963 - Tucson International Airport begins operating.
- 1964 - Tucson Botanical Gardens founded.
- 1965 - DeGrazia Gallery built.
- 1967
- University of Arizona College of Medicine and Reid Park Zoo founded.
- Jim Corbett (politician) becomes mayor.
- Tucson Federal Savings & Loan Association Building constructed.
- 1969 - Pima Community College established.
- 1971
- Tucson Opera Company and Food Conspiracy Co-op[10] founded.
- Tucson Community Center built.
- 1972 - Planetary Science Institute founded.
- 1975 - Center for Creative Photography established.
- 1976 - Tucson Community Food Bank[11] and Pima Air & Space Museum established.
- 1977 - Bank of America Plaza (Tucson) built.
- 1978 - Arizona State Prison Complex – Tucson in operation.
- 1982
- Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson in operation.
- Tucson Mall and Casas Adobes Foothills Mall (Arizona) in business.
- 1984 - Channel 12 government access TV begins broadcasting (approximate date).[12]
- 1985 - Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation established.[9]
- 1986 - One South Church built.
- 1987 - Thomas Volgy becomes mayor.
- 1990 - Population: 405,390.[13]
- 1991
- Biosphere 2 built.
- George Miller (Arizona politician) becomes mayor.
- 1996
- Goodricke-Pigott Observatory dedicated.
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson founded.
- 1998
- City website online (approximate date).[14]
- Park Place (Tucson, Arizona) shopping mall in business.
- 1999 - Bob Walkup becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2001 - Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater opens.
- 2004
- La Encantada shopping center in business.
- October 5: Murder of Brian Stidham.
- 2005
- Jewish History Museum (Tucson) established.
- Southern Arizona Transportation Museum dedicated.[15]
- 2007
- United States Penitentiary, Tucson in operation.
- 2010
- Con-Nichiwa anime convention begins.
- Population: 520,116.
- 2011
- January 8: Shooting of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen others in Casas Adobes.[16]
- January 12: Barack Obama Tucson memorial speech.
- May 5: Jose Guerena shooting.
- November 8: Tucson mayoral election, 2011.
- December 5: Jonathan Rothschild becomes mayor.[17]
- Casino Del Sol Hotel Tower and UniSource Energy Building constructed.
- 2013 - Armed Citizens Project active.[18]
See also
- History of Tucson, Arizona
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Pima County, Arizona
- List of television stations in Tucson
- List of tallest buildings in Tucson
- Timeline of Arizona
- Other cities in Arizona
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Britannica 1910.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disturnell 1881.
- 1 2 3 Barter 1881.
- 1 2 3 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
- ↑ Hubert Howe Bancroft (1889), History of Arizona and New Mexico, 1530-1888, San Francisco: History Company
- ↑ Libraries. "Chicano/a Research Collection: Timeline". Research Guides. USA: Arizona State University. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
- ↑ "Arizona Historic Theatres". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
- 1 2 "In Tucson, an Unsung Architectural Oasis", New York Times, June 14, 2015
- 1 2 "Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation". Retrieved April 2, 2013.
- ↑ "NCGA Co-ops: Arizona". Iowa: National Cooperative Grocers Association.
- ↑ "Arizona Food Banks". Food Bank Locator. Chicago: Feeding America. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ↑ "12 Tucson: Behind the Scenes". City of Tucson. Archived from the original on April 14, 2001. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
- ↑ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ↑ "City of Tucson". Archived from the original on January 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Southern Arizona Transportation Museum". Retrieved April 2, 2013.
- ↑ Gregg Lee Carter, ed. (2012). "Chronology". Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture, and the Law. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-38671-8.
- ↑ "US mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
- ↑ "Group plans free shotgun give-away to boost safety in Tucson". Reuters. March 29, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
- Directory of the City of Tucson. San Francisco: G.W. Barter. 1881.
- "Tucson P.O.", Arizona Business Directory and Gazetteer, San Francisco: W.C. Disturnell, 1881
- Patrick Hamilton (1881), "Chief Towns: Tucson", Resources of Arizona, Prescott, Ariz
- Tucson and Tombstone General and Business Directory, for 1883 and 1884. 1883.
- "(Tucson)", Appletons' General Guide to the United States and Canada: Western and Southern States, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1889
- Published in the 20th century
- "Tucson", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Estelle M. Buehman (1911), Old Tucson: a hop, skip and jump history from 1539 Indian settlement to new and greater Tucson, Tucson, Ariz: State Consolidated Publishing Co., OCLC 12268599
- George Wharton James (1917), "Old - Tucson - New", Arizona, the Wonderland, Boston: Page Company
- "Tucson, Arizona". Automobile Blue Book. New York: Automobile Blue Book Publishing Co. 1919.
- Federal Writers’ Project (1966). "Tucson". Arizona, the Grand Canyon State. American Guide Series (4th ed.). New York: Hastings House. p. 252+. OL 5989725M.
- Rob Rachowiecki (1995), "Southeastern Arizona: Tucson", Southwest, Lonely Planet, OL 24220208M
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Coordinates: 32°13′18″N 110°55′35″W / 32.221667°N 110.926389°W
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