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Timeline of Shreveport, Louisiana

Timeline of Shreveport, Louisiana

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, United States.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

19th century

  • 1836 – Shreve Town Company organized; named for Henry Miller Shreve, one of its members.[1]
  • 1837 – Shreve Town Company begins selling plots of land.[1]
  • 1838 – Shreve Town becomes seat of newly formed Caddo Parish.[2][3]
  • 1839
    • Town of Shreveport incorporated.[4][1]
    • 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).[8]
  • 1852 – South-Western newspaper begins publication.[6]
  • 1853 – Yellow fever outbreak.[1]
  • 1858 – Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad begins operating.[1]
  • 1860 – Population: 2,190.
  • 1861 – St. Mary's Convent founded.[8]
  • 1863 – Shreveport designated Louisiana Confederate capital (until 1865).[8][9]
  • 1866 – Charity Hospital established.[10]
  • 1870 – Population: 4,607.
  • 1871
  • 1873
  • 1879 – Shreveport Daily Standard newspaper begins publication.[6]
  • 1880
    • First Presbyterian Church built.[8]
    • Population: 8,009.
  • 1886 – Grand Opera House built.[8]
  • 1887 – Shreveport Waterworks Pumping Station built.
  • 1890
    • Shreveport Library Association formed.[12]
    • Population: 11,979.[4]
  • 1895 – Evening Judge newspaper in publication.[6]
  • 1896 – Holy Trinity Catholic Church rebuilt.[8]
  • 1899 – Genevieve Orphanage established.[4]
  • 1900 – Population: 16,013.[4]

20th century

21st century

See also

References

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    Waring 1887.
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    Hellmann 2006.
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    Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Louisiana: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
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    Britannica 1910.
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    "Listing of the Mayors of Shreveport". City of Shreveport, Louisiana. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
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    "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
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    Patti Underwood. "Oakland Cemetery: Timeline". Retrieved July 2, 2016 – via Louisiana State University Shreveport, Noel Memorial Library.
  8. [8]
    Federal Writers' Project 1941.
  9. [9]
    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
  10. [10]
    Plummer 2000.
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    R.J. Miciotto (1973). "Shreveport's First Major Health Crisis – 1873". Journal. 4. North Louisiana Historical Association. ISSN 0739-005X.
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    "Who We Are: History". Shreveport: Shreve Memorial Library. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
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    "Shreveport, Louisiana". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  14. [14]
    Federal Writers' Project 1941, p. 693: "Chronology"
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    Noel Memorial Library. "Archives Database". Louisiana State University Shreveport. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
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    Louise Patton (1982). "Shreveport Art Club". Journal. 13. North Louisiana Historical Association. ISSN 0739-005X.
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    Shreve Memorial Library Chronology, Shreveport, 1951 – via Shreve Memorial Library's Administrative Archives{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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    "Movie Theaters in Shreveport, LA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
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    Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Louisiana", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
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    "Handbook of North Louisiana Online". Shreveport: Northwest Louisiana Archives. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
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    Jumonville 2002.
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    Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
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    Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Louisiana", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
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    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.
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    "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
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    "Louisiana". Official Congressional Directory: 101st Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1989. hdl:2027/mdp.39015024653415.
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    "City of Shreveport, Louisiana Home Page". Archived from the original on 1998-01-10 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
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    Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
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    "Shreveport city, Louisiana". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 2, 2016.

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