The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Shreveport , Louisiana , United States.
1836 – Shreve Town Company organized; named for Henry Miller Shreve , one of its members.
1837 – Shreve Town Company begins selling plots of land.
1838 – Shreve Town becomes seat of newly formed Caddo Parish .[ 3]
1839
Town of Shreveport incorporated.
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).
1852 – South-Western newspaper begins publication.[ 6]
1853 – Yellow fever outbreak.
1858 – Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad begins operating.
1860 – Population: 2,190.
1861 – St. Mary's Convent founded.
1863 – Shreveport designated Louisiana Confederate capital (until 1865).[ 9]
1866 – Charity Hospital established.
1870 – Population: 4,607.
1871
1873
1879 – Shreveport Daily Standard newspaper begins publication.[ 6]
1880
First Presbyterian Church built.
Population: 8,009.
1886 – Grand Opera House built.
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.
1899 – Genevieve Orphanage established.
1900 – Population: 16,013.
^ Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Louisiana: Individual County Chronologies" . Atlas of Historical County Boundaries . Chicago: Newberry Library . Retrieved July 2, 2016 .
^ a b c d "Listing of the Mayors of Shreveport" . City of Shreveport, Louisiana. Retrieved July 2, 2016 .
^ a b c d e f "US Newspaper Directory" . Chronicling America . Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved July 2, 2016 .
^ Patti Underwood. "Oakland Cemetery: Timeline" . Retrieved July 2, 2016 – via Louisiana State University Shreveport, Noel Memorial Library.
^ 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 , Laws, etc, Shreveport: Printed at the Caddo Gazette Office, 1863
^ R.J. Miciotto (1973). "Shreveport's First Major Health Crisis – 1873". Journal . 4 . North Louisiana Historical Association. ISSN 0739-005X .
^ a b "Who We Are: History" . Shreveport: Shreve Memorial Library. Retrieved July 2, 2016 .
^ "Shreveport, Louisiana" . Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities . Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life . Retrieved July 2, 2016 .
^ a b Noel Memorial Library. "Archives Database" . Louisiana State University Shreveport. Retrieved July 2, 2016 .
^ Louise Patton (1982). "Shreveport Art Club". Journal . 13 . North Louisiana Historical Association. ISSN 0739-005X .
^ Shreve Memorial Library Chronology , Shreveport, 1951 – via Shreve Memorial Library's Administrative Archives{{citation }}
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^ a b "Movie Theaters in Shreveport, LA" . CinemaTreasures.org . Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 2, 2016 .
^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Louisiana" , Radio Annual , New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
^ "Handbook of North Louisiana Online" . Shreveport: Northwest Louisiana Archives. Retrieved July 2, 2016 .
^ a b c d e f Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 , U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
^ a b Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Louisiana" , Radio Annual and Television Year Book , New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
^ a b American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Louisiana: Shreveport". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0759100020 .
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA" . Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved July 2, 2016 .
^ "Louisiana". Official Congressional Directory: 101st Congress . Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1989. hdl :2027/mdp.39015024653415 .
^ "City of Shreveport, Louisiana Home Page" . Archived from the original on 1998-01-10 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine .
^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress" . GovTrack . Washington, D.C. Retrieved June 30, 2016 .
^ "Shreveport city, Louisiana" . QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 2, 2016 .
published in 19th century
published in 20th century
F.H. Richardson (1905). "Shreveport, Louisiana" . Richardson's Southern Guide . Chicago: Monarch Book Company – via Internet Archive.
"Shreveport" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 1015.
Alcée Fortier (1914), "Shreveport" , Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form , Century Historical Association
Federal Writers' Project (1941). "Shreveport". Louisiana: a Guide to the State . American Guide Series . NY: Hastings House. hdl :2027/uc1.$b727648 . ISBN 9780403021697 – via HathiTrust.{{cite book }}
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Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Shreveport, LA", Encyclopedia of American Cities , New York: E.P. Dutton , OL 4120668M
Marguerite R. Plummer; Gary D. Joiner (2000). Historic Shreveport-Bossier: An Illustrated History of Shreveport and Bossier City . San Antonio: Historical Publishing Network. ISBN 978-1-893619-08-1 .
published in 21st century