Timeline of Amarillo, Texas

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

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## 19th century

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* 1889 - Town of Amarillo incorporated.[1]
* 1890 - Population: 483.
* 1892 - W. W. Wetsel becomes mayor.[2]
* 1899 - City of Amarillo incorporated.[1]
* 1900 - Population: 1,442.

## 20th century

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* 1905 - Amarillo Livestock Auction begins.[1] It will go on to become the world's largest seller of cattle by open bidding.[3]: 169
* 1907 - Grand Opera House built.[4]
* 1909
* Amarillo News begins publication.[1]
* Amarillo National Bank established.
* 1910 - Population: 9,957.
* 1914 - Amarillo Police Department formed.
* 1915 - Panhandle Weekly newspaper begins publication.[5]
* 1918 - "Natural gas discovered."[1]
* 1921 - "Oil discovered."[1]
* 1924
* Amarillo Globe newspaper begins publication.[5]
* Tri-State Fairgrounds open.[1]
* 1926
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo established.[6]
* Amarillo Globe-News newspaper in publication.
* Herring Hotel built.
* 1929
* Amarillo College established.[1]
* English Field (airfield) begins operating.
* Temple B'nai Israel dedicated.[7]
* 1930
* Santa Fe Building (hi-rise) constructed.
* Population: 43,132.
* 1932
* Potter County Courthouse built.
* Paramount Theatre in business.[8]
* 1935
* KGNC radio begins broadcasting.[9]
* 1939
* Amarillo US Post Office and Courthouse built.
* KFDA radio begins broadcasting.[10]
* 1942 - U.S. military Amarillo Army Air Field activated near city.
* 1949 - Sunset Drive-In cinema in business.[8]
* 1953 - KFDA-TV and KGNC-TV (now KAMR-TV) (television) begin broadcasting.[11]
* 1954 - Texas State Highway Loop 279 in operation.
* 1957 - KVII-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[11]
* 1960 - Population: 137,969.
* 1966 - Amarillo City Transit established.
* 1968
* U.S. military Amarillo Air Force Base closes.
* Amarillo Civic Center (convention center) opens (approximate date).[chronology citation needed]
* Fox Theatre (cinema) in business.[8]
* 1971 - Chase Tower built.
* 1972 - Amarillo Art Center established.[1]
* 1976 - Amarillo International Airport in operation.
* 1982
* High Plains Food Bank organized.[12]
* KJTV (now KCIT) (television) begin broadcasting.
* 1990 - Population: 157,571.
* 1998 - February 10: Oprah Winfrey wins mad cow disease-related lawsuit brought by local ranchers.[1]
* 2000 - Amarillo National Center (arena) built.

## 21st century

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* 2006 - Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts opens.
* 2010 - Population: 190,695.[13]
* 2011 - Paul Harpole becomes mayor.[2]
* 2017 - Xcel Energy opens a new building in downtown Amarillo Also a new downtown hotel was built along with a parking garage. Also Ginger Nelson was elected the 2nd female mayor in Amarillo.

## See also

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* Amarillo history
* List of mayors of Amarillo, Texas
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Potter County, Texas
* Timelines of other cities in the West Texas area of Texas: Abilene, El Paso, Lubbock, Midland

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Hellmann 2006.
2. ^ a b "History of Amarillo City Officials". City of Amarillo. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
3. ^ Stanley Walker (February 1961). "The Fabulous State of Texas". National Geographic. Vol. 119, no. 2.
4. ^ Carlson 2006.
5. ^ a b "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
6. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
7. ^ "Texas: West Texas: Amarillo". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
8. ^ a b c "Movie Theaters in Amarillo, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
9. ^ "Newspaper Operates KGNC", Broadcasting, July 1, 1935, page 24.
10. ^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Texas", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
11. ^ a b "United States TV Stations: Texas", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 - via Internet Archive
12. ^ "About". Amarillo: High Plains Food Bank. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
13. ^ "Amarillo city, Texas". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 8, 2017.

## Bibliography

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* "Amarillo". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1890.
* Charter of the City of Amarillo. Amarillo, Tex. [Russell & Cockrell]. 1914.
* "Amarillo". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1914.
* Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Amarillo", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House, hdl:2027/mdp.39015002677667 - via HathiTrust \+ chronology
* Della Tyler Key. In the Cattle Country: History of Potter County, 1887–1966 (Amarillo: Tyler-Berkley, 1961; 2d ed., Wichita Falls: Nortex, 1972).
* David L. Nail. One Short Sleep Past: A Profile of Amarillo in the Thirties (Canyon, Texas: Staked Plains, 1973).
* Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Amarillo, TX", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
* Helen Simons; Cathryn A. Hoyt, eds. (1996). "Lubbock and the Plains: Amarillo". Guide to Hispanic Texas (Abridged ed.). University of Texas Press. pp. 295+. ISBN 978-0-292-77709-5.
* David J. Wishart, ed. (2004). "Cities and Towns: Amarillo, Texas". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-4787-7.
* Paul H. Carlson (2006). Amarillo: the Story of a Western Town. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 978-0-89672-587-4.
* Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Texas: Amarillo". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
* Ron Smith (2009). Amarillo. Postcard History Series. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0-7385-7123-2.
* David G. McComb (2015). "Railroad Towns: Amarillo". The City in Texas: a History. University of Texas Press. pp. 134+. ISBN 978-0-292-76746-1.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Amarillo, Texas.

* "Windows on the Past", Amarillo Globe-News, "Series featuring photographs pulled from the archives of the Amarillo Globe-News"
* "Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Amarillo". Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin.
* "Amarillo". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX.

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