Timeline of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

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## 19th century

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* Pre-history, until 1497
* Spanish Rule, 1513–1763
* British Rule, 1763–1783:
* American Revolutionary War, 1775–1783
* Spanish Rule, 1783–1821:
* War of 1812, 1811–1814
* First Seminole War, 1817–1818
* U.S. Territorial Period, 1822–1845:
* Capitol moved to Tallahassee, 1824
* Second Seminole War, 1835–1842
* Constitutional convention, 1838
* Statehood, 1845–present:
* Third Seminole War, 1855–1858
* Ordinance of Secession, 1861
* Civil War, 1861–1865
* 3rd Constitution, 1865
* Reconstruction, 1865–1868
* 4th Constitution, 1868
* 5th Constitution, 1885
* Great Migration, 1910–1930
* Land Boom, 1925–1929
* 6th Constitution, 1968
* Gore v. Harris, Presidential Election, 2000
* COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–present

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* 1893 - Fort Lauderdale trading post established in Dade County.[1]
* 1896 - Florida East Coast Railroad begins operating.[2]
* 1899 - Schoolhouse established.[1]

## 20th century

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The Stranahan House was constructed in 1901 as a trading post and converted into a residence for the Stranahans in 1906, the house is the oldest surviving structure in Broward County

* 1901 - Stranahan house built.[1]
* 1910 - Population: 336.
* 1911
* Fort Lauderdale incorporated.[3]
* Fort Lauderdale Sentinel newspaper begins publication.[4]
* Office of city marshall created.[5]
* 1912
* North New River Canal built.[1]
* W.H. Marshall becomes mayor.
* 1913 - Fire station built.
* 1915 - Fort Lauderdale becomes seat of newly created Broward County.[1]
* 1917
* Fort Lauderdale Woman's Club built.[6]
* Las Olas Boulevard built.
* 1919 - Filmmaker D.W. Griffith films The Idol Dancer and The Love Flower in Fort Lauderdale.[1]
* 1925 - Snow-Reed Swing Bridge and Grand Canal Arch Deck Bridge built.[7]

The Snow-Reed Swing Bridge is one of the oldest bridges in the Fort Lauderdale area, and one of the few remaining swing bridges in Florida.

* 1926 - September 18: 1926 Miami hurricane occurs.
* 1927 - Fort Lauderdale station built.
* 1928
* County Courthouse built.[2]
* Port Everglades opens.
* 1930 - Population: 8,668.
* 1935 - Hurricane occurs.[2]
* 1939 - Florida Theatre in business.[8]
* 1941 - Hugh Taylor Birch State Park established.[9]
* 1948
* Broward County International Airport opens.[1]
* City Hall rebuilt.[5]
* 1950
* War Memorial Auditorium opens.[2]
* Population: 36,328.
* 1955 - WWIL radio begins broadcasting.[10]
* 1956 - Federal Drive-In cinema in business.[8]
* 1958
* Museum of Art opens.[2]
* WFTL radio begins broadcasting.[10]
* 1959 - Broward Community College founded.
* 1960
* New River Tunnel opens.[7]
* Sun-Sentinel newspaper in publication.[4]
* Davie Boulevard Bridge and SE 3rd Avenue Bridge built.[7]
* Population: 83,648.

Fort Lauderdale Stadium

* 1962
* Fort Lauderdale Stadium opens.
* Fort Lauderdale Historical Society and Fort Lauderdale Yankees baseball team formed.
* 1963 - Fort Lauderdale High School built.
* 1964
* Nova Southeastern University founded.[2]
* Marshall Memorial Bridge built.[7]
* 1965 - Fort Lauderdale Pictorial Life magazine begins publication.[11]
* 1967 - Parker Playhouse opens.
* 1970 - Population: 139,122.
* 1971 - Regional Broward County Transit formed.[1]
* 1972 - Broward County Historical Commission founded.[1]
* 1974 - Broward County Library System established.[1]
* 1977
* Snowfall occurs.[1]
* Genealogical Society of Broward County chartered.[12]
* 1983 - Municipal jail begins operating.[5]
* 1989 - Regional Tri-Rail begins operating.
* 1991 - Broward Center for the Performing Arts opens.
* 1992 - August: Hurricane Andrew occurs.[5]
* 1998 - City website online (approximate date).[13][14]
* 1999 - Broward County Central Homeless Assistance Center opens.[15]
* 2000
* Nutrition Center opens.[15]
* Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum active.[1]

## 21st century

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* 2003 - Fort Lauderdale Fire and Safety Museum founded.[2]
* 2009 - Jack Seiler becomes mayor.
* 2010 - Population: 165,521.[16][17]
* 2014
* Higher-speed rail Fort Lauderdale station (Brightline) construction begins.
* Mormon temple built.
* 2017
* January 6: Fort Lauderdale airport shooting occurs.
* Ted Deutch becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 22nd congressional district.[18]

## See also

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* History of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
* List of mayors of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Broward County, Florida
* Timelines of other cities in the South Florida area of Florida: Boca Raton, Hialeah, Hollywood, Miami, Miami Beach, West Palm Beach

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Broward County History: a Timeline" (PDF). Broward County Government. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
2. ^ a b c d e f Hellmann 2006.
3. ^ Florida Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (2001), Overview of Municipal Incorporations in Florida (PDF), LCIR Report, Tallahassee, archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-28`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
4. ^ a b "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
5. ^ a b c d Pat Ruby. "Police History". Fort Lauderdale Police Department. City of Fort Lauderdale. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
6. ^ Wallman, Brittany (March 25, 2019). "Fort Lauderdale Woman's Club added to National Register of Historic Places". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
7. ^ a b c d Historic Highway Bridges of Florida (PDF), Florida Department of Transportation, 2012
8. ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Fort Lauderdale, FL". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
9. ^ Florida Division of Recreation and Parks. "Region: Southeast". Florida State Parks. Tallahassee: Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
10. ^ a b "United States AM Stations: Florida", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 - via Internet Archive
11. ^ "Gold Coast magazine: 50 years of chronicling glamor", Sun-Sentinel, April 20, 2015
12. ^ "Genealogical Society of Broward County". Retrieved April 26, 2017 - via Ancestry.com.
13. ^ "City of Fort Lauderdale Online". Archived from the original on December 12, 1998 - via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
14. ^ Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.). "United States of America: Florida". Official City Sites. Utah. OCLC 40169021. Archived from the original on August 24, 2000.
15. ^ a b "Timeline: Homeless in Broward County", Sun-Sentinel, November 12, 2014
16. ^ "Fort Lauderdale city, FL". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
17. ^ Florida Legislative Office of Economic and Demographic Research; U.S. Census Bureau (2011), "City of Fort Lauderdale", 2010 Census Detailed City Profiles
18. ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington DC. Retrieved April 23, 2017.

## Bibliography

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* "Fort Lauderdale". Florida State Gazetteer and Business Directory. R. L. Polk & Co. 1911.
* 1918 ed.
* Federal Writers’ Project (1939). "Fort Lauderdale". Florida: a Guide to the Southernmost State. American Guide Series. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 317–318.
* Philip J. Weidling and August Burghard. Checkered Sunshine: The Story of Fort Lauderdale, 1793-1955 (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1966)
* Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Ft. Lauderdale, FL", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
* Susan Gillis; Daniel T. Hobb (1999). Fort Lauderdale. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. ISBN 9780738542027.
* Susan Gillis (2004). Fort Lauderdale: The Venice of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. ISBN 9780738524719.
* Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Florida: Fort Lauderdale". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
* William G. Crawford, Jr. (2007). "Long Hard Fight for Equal Rights: A History of Broward County's Colored Beach and the Fort Lauderdale Beach "Wade-ins' of the Summer of 1961" (PDF). Tequesta. 67. Historical Association of Southern Florida. ISSN 0363-3705.

## External links

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* "Fort Lauderdale". Viva Florida: History Happened Here. Tallahassee: Florida League of Cities.
* "(Fort Lauderdale)". Digital Archives of Broward County Library. Broward County Government.
* "(Fort Lauderdale)". Florida Memory. Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services.
* Items related to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

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