Timeline of Chattanooga, Tennessee
Timeline of the history of Chattanooga, Tennessee
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- 1838 – Cherokee Nation removed from Chattanooga, marched out to ' Indian Territory ' (now Oklahoma ) on the ' Trail of Tears '
- 1840 – James Enfield Berry becomes mayor. [1]
- 1849 – Western & Atlantic Railroad begins operating. [2]
- 1851 – City chartered. [2] [3]
- 1854 – Nashville & Chattanooga Railway in operation. [2]
- 1860 - Population: 2.545. [3]
- 1862 – June: First Battle of Chattanooga .
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1863
- September: Occupation by Union forces begins. [2]
- November 24: Battle of Lookout Mountain .
- November 25: Battle of Missionary Ridge .
- 1866
- 1867 – March: The largest flood in the city's recorded history .
- 1869 – Chattanooga Times newspaper begins publication. [4]
- 1870 - Population: 6,093. [3]
- 1880 - Population: 12,892. [3]
- 1882 – Walnut Street Temple dedicated. [5]
- 1886 - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga established. [3]
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1890
- Walnut Street Bridge built.
- Population: 29,100. [3]
- 1900 - Population: 30,154. [3]
20th century
- 1905 – Chattanooga Public Library opens.
- 1906 - Lynching of Ed Johnson
- 1909 – Hixson High School founded.
- 1910 - Population: 44,604. [3]
- 1917 – Market Street Bridge built.
- 1921 – Tivoli Theatre opens. [6]
- 1923 – Chattanooga Theatre Centre founded. [7]
- 1924 – Memorial Auditorium built. [6]
- 1925 – WDOD radio begins broadcasting. [8]
- 1930 – Population : 119,798. [9]
- 1933 – Chattanooga Free Press newspaper begins publication. [4]
- 1935 – Electric Power Board of Chattanooga established.
- 1937 – Chattanooga Zoo at Warner Park established. [10]
- 1940 – Population : 128,163. [9]
- 1950 – Population : 131,041. [9]
- 1954 – WDEF-TV ( television ) begins broadcasting. [11]
- 1956 – WRGP-TV ( television ) begins broadcasting. [11]
- 1959 – Olgiati Bridge built.
- 1960 – Population : 130,009. [9]
- 1961 – Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum founded. [12]
- 1965 - Chattanooga State Community College established.
- 1972 – Twelve Tribes (religious group) [13] and National Knife Museum [12] founded.
- 1975 – Marilyn Lloyd becomes U.S. representative for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district . [14]
- 1980 – Population : 169,565. [9]
- 1983 – Chattanooga African-American Museum established. [12]
- 1983-97 – Gene Roberts began city's longest term as mayor.
- 1984 – Veterans Memorial Bridge built.
- 1986 - Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences established.
- 1987 – Fellowship of Southern Writers headquartered in Chattanooga.
- 1989 – Federal judge ordered change in city governance to city council system to allow for more demographically-correct African-American political representation in City Council ( Brown vs. Board of Commissioners of the City of Chattanooga )
- 1992 – Tennessee Aquarium opened. [10]
- 1995 – International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum established.
-
1997
- City website online (approximate date). [15] [ chronology citation needed ]
- Jon Kinsey elected mayor.
- 1999 – Chattanooga Times Free Press newspaper in publication.
21st century
- 2001 – Bob Corker elected mayor.
-
2005
- Hunter Museum of American Art building expanded.
- Ron Littlefield elected mayor.
- 2009 - Ron Littlefield re-elected mayor.
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2010
- Electric Power Board 's one gigabit per second Internet service began.
- Population: 167,674. [16]
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2011
- Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant began operating.
- Chuck Fleischmann elected U.S. representative for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district . [17]
- 2013 – Andy Berke elected mayor.
- 2015 – Lone-wolf terrorist shooting , killed five military members and injuring three others.
- 2017 – Andy Berke re-elected mayor.
See also
- Chattanooga history
- List of mayors of Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Timelines of other cities in Tennessee: Clarksville , Knoxville , Memphis , Murfreesboro , Nashville
References
- ↑ "History of Mayors" . Chattanooga.gov . Retrieved March 4, 2014 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 Federal Writers' Project 1939 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Britannica 1910 .
- 1 2 "US Newspaper Directory" . Chronicling America . Washington DC: Library of Congress . Retrieved March 4, 2014 .
- ↑ "Chattanooga, Tennessee" . Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities . Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life . Retrieved March 4, 2014 .
- 1 2 "Historic Theatre Inventory" . Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013 . Retrieved March 4, 2014 .
- ↑ "American Association of Community Theatre" . Retrieved March 4, 2014 .
- ↑ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Tennessee" , Radio Annual , New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
- 1 2 3 4 5 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 , U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
- 1 2 Vernon N. Kisling, Jr., ed. (2001). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)" . Zoo and Aquarium History . USA: CRC Press . ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5 .
- 1 2 Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Tennessee" , Radio Annual and Television Year Book , New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
- 1 2 3 American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Tennessee: Chattanooga" . Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. p. 758. ISBN 0759100020 .
- ↑ James R. Lewis (2002), Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions (2nd ed.), Prometheus Books, ISBN 9781573928885
- ↑ "Tennessee". Official Congressional Directory . 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1977. hdl : 2027/uc1.31158002391372 .
- ↑ "City of Chattanooga" . Archived from the original on May 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine .
- ↑ "Chattanooga (city), Tennessee" . State & County QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 18, 2014 . Retrieved March 4, 2014 .
- ↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress" . GovTrack . Washington, D.C . Retrieved March 4, 2014 .
Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
- "Chattanooga" . Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1860-61 . Nashville: John L. Mitchell. 1860.
- R.H. Long (1863), "Chattanooga" , Hunt's Gazetteer of the Border and Southern States , Pittsburgh, Pa.: John P. Hunt
- Melville, Herman; Alden, Henry Mills (1868), "Chattanooga, and How We Held It", Harper's New Monthly Magazine , vol. 36, hdl : 2027/njp.32101064075607
- Joseph Buckner Killebrew ; Tennessee Bureau of Agriculture (1874), "East Tennessee: Hamilton County: Chattanooga" , Introduction to the Resources of Tennessee , vol. 1, Nashville: Tavel, Eastman & Howell
- "Chattanooga" . Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory . Nashville: R.L. Polk & Company. 1876.
- Z. Harrison (1878), "Chattanooga" , Description of the Cincinnati Southern Railway from Cincinnati to Chattanooga , Cincinnati: Spencer & Craig, OCLC 13741078
- J.E. MacGowan (1893). "Chattanooga, Tennessee". East Tennessee: Historical and Biographical . Chattanooga, Tenn.: A.D. Smith & Co. hdl : 2027/wu.89077948958 . ISBN 9781403500816 .
- "Chattanooga" , Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to the Southeastern States , Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1899 – via Internet Archive
- Published in the 20th century
- Thomas E. Murray (1906), Chattanooga, the Mountain City , Chattanooga, Tenn: Chattanooga & Tennessee River Power Co., OCLC 13851806 , OL 6969382M
- "Chattanooga" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 6 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 7–8.
- Municipal Record , City of Chattanooga . 1911-
- Susie McCarver Webster (1915), Historic City, Chattanooga , Chattanooga: McGowan-Cooke, OCLC 11074742 , OL 6583618M
-
Federal Writers' Project
(1939), "Chattanooga",
Tennessee: a Guide to the State
,
American Guide Series
, New York: Viking, pp.
251–269,
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: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default ( link ) - Tennessee Historical Records Survey (1940), "Hamilton County (Chattanooga)" , Directory of Churches, Missions, and Religious Institutions of Tennessee , Nashville, no. 33
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James W. Livingood (1981). Joy Bailey Dunn (ed.).
Hamilton County
. Tennessee County History Series. Memphis State University Press.
OCLC
6820526
.
(Includes information about Chattanooga)
- Published in the 21st century
- Eric W. Allison; Lauren Peters (2010). "Revitalizing Downtown Case Study: Chattanooga, Tennessee" . Historic Preservation and the Livable City . John Wiley & Sons. p. 112+. ISBN 978-0-470-90073-4 .
- "Bounding Back: The Chattanooga Story" , MetroTrends , Washington DC: Urban Institute , 2011
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