Timeline of McAllen, Texas
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of McAllen, Texas, USA.
20th century
- 1904 - West McAllen townsite established.[1]
- 1905 - St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad begins operating.[1]
- 1907 - East McAllen development begins.[1]
- 1909
- McAllen Monitor newspaper begins publication.[2]
- Methodist Church built.[1]
- High school established.[3]
- 1910 - Population: 150.[1]
- 1911
- Town of McAllen incorporated in Hidalgo County.[4]
- Frank W. Crow becomes mayor.[5]
- 1916 - "12,000 soldiers...stationed in McAllen...during the period of border disturbances."[6]
- 1918 - Casa de Palmas hotel built.[6]
- 1920 - Population: 5,331.
- 1924 - Chamber of Commerce formed.[7]
- 1925 - McAllen Municipal Hospital built.[3]
- 1926 - Reynosa-McAllen international bridge built.[3]
- 1927 - Southern Pacific Railroad Depot opens.[6]
- 1928 - First United Methodist Church built.[1]
- 1933
- 1934 - Collapse of Reynosa-McAllen bridge.[3]
- 1935
- 1936 - Deepwater Port of Brownsville opens in vicinity of McAllen.
- 1940 - Queen Theater in business.[9][chronology citation needed]
- 1944 - McAllen Public Library established.
- 1946 - "Civic center" built.[10]
- 1947 - KRIO (AM) radio begins broadcasting.[11]
- 1948
- 1949 - Synagogue built.[14]
- 1950 - Population: 20,067.
- 1952 - Miller Airport opens.[10]
- 1967 - September: Hurricane Beulah occurs.
- 1970 - Foreign trade zone established.[15][16]
- 1976 - La Plaza Mall in business.[1]
- 1977 - Rosie Jimenez, also known as Rosaura Jimenez, is the first woman known to have died due to an illegal abortion after the Hyde Amendment was passed.[17][18] Jimenez died at age 27 in 1977 from an illegal abortion in McAllen, Texas.[19]
- 1980 - Population: 66,281.[1]
- 1987 - Phyllis Griggs was elected as the city's first female commissioner in 1987, and served until 2001.[20]
- 1989 - September 21: "Alton school bus accident."[3]
- 1992 - Las Tiendas Shopping Mall in business.[3]
- 1993
- McAllen Miller International Airport terminal built.[1]
- South Texas Community College opens.[1]
- 1995 - City Hall rebuilt.[1]
- 1997
- City website online.[21][22]
- Rubén Hinojosa becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 15th congressional district.[23]
- 1998 - Texas State Bank building constructed.[1]
- 1999 - "Futuro McAllen" civic group formed.[3]
- 2000
21st century
- 2001
- Intermodal Transit Terminal (bus station) opens.[3]
- City enacts ordinance for historic preservation.
- 2004
- 2005 - Palm View Golf Course in business.[3]
- 2006 - World Birding Center Quinta Mazatlan park opens.[8]
- 2007
- McAllen Convention Center opens.
- Veterans War Memorial of Texas dedicated.[3]
- 2008
- July: Hurricane Dolly occurs.[3]
- McAllen Heritage Center opens.[24]
- 2009 - Anzalduas International Bridge opens.[3]
- 2010 - Population: 129,877.[25]
- 2011 - Public library building opens in former Walmart store.[26]
- 2013 - James E. Darling becomes mayor.[5]
- 2014 - Ursula (detention center) for immigrants begins operating.
- 2017
- Vicente Gonzalez becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 15th congressional district.[27]
- President Donald Trump holds a briefing at the Border Patrol station during the United States federal government shutdown of 2018–2019 over the Mexico–United States barrier.[28]
See also
- McAllen history
- List of mayors of McAllen, Texas
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Hidalgo County, Texas
- Timelines of other cities in the South Texas area of Texas: Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Laredo, San Antonio
- Reynosa, Mexico history
