Timeline of Shreveport, Louisiana

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.

19th century

  • 1836 – Shreve Town Company organized; named for Henry Miller Shreve, one of its members.[1]
  • 1837 – Shreve Town Company begins selling plots of land.[1]
  • 1838 – Shreve Town becomes seat of newly formed Caddo Parish.[2][3]
  • 1839
    • Town of Shreveport incorporated.[4][1]
    • John Octavius Sewall elected mayor.[5]
  • 1841 – Caddo Gazette newspaper begins publication.[6]
  • 1847 – Burial ground established.[7]
  • 1850
    • Population: 1,728.
    • Brewer's Hall built (approximate date).[8]
  • 1852 – South-Western newspaper begins publication.[6]
  • 1853 – Yellow fever outbreak.[1]
  • 1858 – Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad begins operating.[1]
  • 1860 – Population: 2,190.
  • 1861 – St. Mary's Convent founded.[8]
  • 1863 – Shreveport designated Louisiana Confederate capital (until 1865).[8][9]
  • 1866 – Charity Hospital established.[10]
  • 1870 – Population: 4,607.
  • 1871
  • 1873
  • 1879 – Shreveport Daily Standard newspaper begins publication.[6]
  • 1880
    • First Presbyterian Church built.[8]
    • Population: 8,009.
  • 1886 – Grand Opera House built.[8]
  • 1887 – Shreveport Waterworks Pumping Station built.
  • 1890
    • Shreveport Library Association formed.[12]
    • Population: 11,979.
  • 1895 – Evening Judge newspaper in publication.[6]
  • 1896 – Holy Trinity Catholic Church rebuilt.[8]
  • 1899 – Genevieve Orphanage established.[4]
  • 1900 – Population: 16,013.

20th century

21st century

See also

References

  1. Waring 1887.
  2. Hellmann 2006.
  3. Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Louisiana: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  4. Britannica 1910.
  5. "Listing of the Mayors of Shreveport". City of Shreveport, Louisiana. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  6. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  7. Patti Underwood. "Oakland Cemetery: Timeline". Retrieved July 2, 2016 via Louisiana State University Shreveport, Noel Memorial Library.
  8. Federal Writers' Project 1941.
  9. Acts passed by the Sixth Legislature of the state of Louisiana: at its extra session, held in the city of Shreveport, on the 4th of May, 1863, Shreveport: Printed at the Caddo Gazette Office, 1863
  10. Plummer 2000.
  11. R.J. Miciotto (1973). "Shreveport's First Major Health Crisis – 1873". Journal. North Louisiana Historical Association. 4. ISSN 0739-005X.
  12. "Who We Are: History". Shreveport: Shreve Memorial Library. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  13. "Shreveport, Louisiana". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  14. Federal Writers' Project 1941, p. 693: "Chronology"
  15. Noel Memorial Library. "Archives Database". Louisiana State University Shreveport. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  16. Louise Patton (1982). "Shreveport Art Club". Journal. North Louisiana Historical Association. 13. ISSN 0739-005X.
  17. Shreve Memorial Library Chronology, Shreveport, 1951 via Shreve Memorial Library's Administrative Archives
  18. "Movie Theaters in Shreveport, LA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  19. Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Louisiana", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
  20. "Handbook of North Louisiana Online". Shreveport: Northwest Louisiana Archives. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  21. Jumonville 2002.
  22. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
  23. Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Louisiana", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
  24. American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Louisiana: Shreveport". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
  25. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  26. "Louisiana". Official Congressional Directory: 101st Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1989. hdl:2027/mdp.39015024653415.
  27. "City of Shreveport, Louisiana Home Page". Archived from the original on January 1998 via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  28. Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  29. "Shreveport city, Louisiana". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 2, 2016.

Bibliography

published in 19th century
  • "Shreveport". Rand McNally Official Railway Guide and Hand Book for the United States and the Dominion of Canada. 1884.
  • George E. Waring, Jr.; Department of the Interior, Census Office (1887), "Louisiana: Shreveport", Report on the Social Statistics of Cities: Southern and the Western States, Washington DC: Government Printing Office, pp. 296–300
  • "Caddo Parish". Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana. Nashville: Southern Publishing Company. 1890.
published in 20th century
published in 21st century
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