Timeline of Albuquerque, New Mexico
The following is a timeline of thehistoryof the city ofAlbuquerque,New Mexico,US.
History as a town
[edit]- 1706 –Townfounded as a trading post between theTiwaPuebloan peoplesand theHispanosinNuevo MéxicobyFrancisco Cuervo y ValdésforNew Spain.[1]
- 1793 –San Felipe de Neri Churchbuilt.
- 1837 – Unrest.[2]
- 1846 – U.S. army fort built.[3]
- 1850 – Town becomes part of U.S.New Mexico Territory.
- 1862 – Town occupied byConfederate troopsbefore being retaken by theUnion Army.[4]
- 1867 – Military post closes.[3]
- 1873 – Jesuit College established.[5]
- 1879 –Albuquerque High Schoolestablished.
- 1880
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railwaydepot built near town.[3]
- New town platted.[6]
- Albuquerque Daily Journalnewspaper begins publication.[7]
- Albuquerque Indian School[8]and Albuquerque Street Railway Company established.[9]
- 1881
- Territorial Exposition held.[10]
- Menaul Schoolestablished.[8]
- 1882
- First Methodist Episcopal Churchbuilt in new town.
- Albuquerque Browns baseball team[11]and St. Vincent Academy[8]established.
- Park Van Tassel makes the first balloon flight in New Mexico Territory on July 4 at New Town.[12]
- 1883
- Germania club founded.[13]
- Ladies' Library Association active.
- 1885
- 1889 –University of New Mexicofounded.
- 1890 – Population: 3,785.[4]
History as a city
[edit]- 1891
- 1894 – Harwood Industrial School established.[8]
- 1895 –La Bandera Americananewspaper begins publication.[16]
- 1897 –El Nuevo Mundonewspaper begins publication.[16]
- 1899 –Southwestern Brewery and Ice Companybuilding constructed.
- 1901 –Albuquerque Public Libraryopens.[17][18]
- 1902 –Alvarado Hotelin business.[19]
- 1903
- 1904 – Electric streetcar begins operating.[20]
- 1906 –Southwest Presbyterian Sanatoriumfounded.[21]
- 1910 – Population: 11,020.[4]
- 1912
- City becomes part of thenewState of New Mexico.
- New Mexico State Fairbegins.[22]
- Albuquerque Independent Society formed.[23]
- 1914
- Albuquerque High Schoolbuilding constructed.
- Home Circle Club chartered.[23]
- 1917 – City Charter adopted.[14]
- 1919 –New Mexico Workers Chroniclebegins publication.[24]
- 1920 – People's Sanatorium opens.[23]
- 1922 –First National Bank Building (Albuquerque)constructed.
- 1924 – Sunshine Theatre opens.[25]
- 1925 –Santa Fe Railway Shops (Albuquerque)built.
- 1926 – Courthouse relocated to New Town fromOld Town.[3]
- 1927
- Rio Grande Zooopens.
- KiMo Theaterbuilt.[26]
- 1928
- Oxnard Field,Albuquerque's first airport, is constructed.
- KGGM radio begins broadcasting.[27]
- 1929
- First commercial airline service byWestern Air ExpressandTranscontinental Air Transport
- West Mesa Airportconstructed.
- 1930 – Transcontinental Air Transport and Western Air Express merge to becomeTWA.[relevant?]
- 1932 –Museum of Anthropologyof the University of New Mexico established.
- 1933 –KKOB (AM)radio headquartered in city.
- 1934 –Continental Airlinesbegins service.
- 1936 – Albuquerque Little Theater dedicated.[28]
- 1938 –Lobo Theater[25]and New Mexico State Fair grounds open.[27]
- 1939
- Albuquerque Municipal Airportconstructed.
- Hilton Hotelbuilt.
- 1942 –Kirtland Air Force Baseestablished.
- 1942-1944 – Royal Air Force cadets, flying from the British base at Terrell, Texas, fly to Albuquerque frequently on training flights, using it as a stand-in for Warsaw, Poland.[29]
- 1943 – POWCamp Albuquerqueestablished.
- 1946 – U.S. militarySandia Base(nuclear weapons installation) active.[27]
- 1947 – Old Town Historical Society established.[30]
- 1948 –Ernie Pyle House/Librarybranch established.
- 1949 –Old Townannexed to city.[27]
- 1954 –Simms Buildingconstructed.
- 1956 – Albuquerque Petroleum Club founded.
- 1957 –Tingley Coliseumdedicated.
- 1959 –Uncle Cliff's Kiddielandopens.
- 1960 – New Mexico Genealogical Society headquartered in city.[citation needed]
- 1961
- Winrock Shopping Centerin business.
- Bank of New Mexico Buildingconstructed.
- TWAbegins the first commercial jet service with theBoeing 707and theConvair 880.[relevant?]
- 1963
- Circle Autoscope Drive-In cinema opens.[25]
- First National Bank Building Eastconstructed.
- Albuquerque Municipal Airport renamed toAlbuquerque Sunport
- 1965
- New terminal opens at the Albuquerque Sunport.
- Coronado Centershopping mall in business.
- Albuquerque Press Club founded.
- 1967 –Albuquerque Museum of Art and Historyestablished.
- 1970 – Anti-warprotest.[31]
- 1972
- Albuquerque International Balloon Fiestabegins.[27]
- Glenwood Hills Association established.[32]
- 1974
- City adopts mayor-council form of government.[14]
- TWAbegins the first jumbo jet aircraft service with theLockheed 1011.[relevant?]
- 1976 –Indian Pueblo Cultural Centeropens.
- 1979
- National Solar Thermal Test Facilityestablished.
- TWAbegins the first nonstop flights to New York.[relevant?]
- American Airlinesbegins service.
- 1980
- Southwest Airlinesbegins service.
- Population: 331,767.[33]
- 1982United Airlinesbegins service.
- 1983Delta Air Linesbegins service.
- 1986
- Albuquerque Petroleum Buildingconstructed.
- New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Sciencefounded.
- 1987-1989 Albuquerque International Sunport undergoes a major expansion.
- 1990
- Albuquerque Plazabuilt.
- American International Rattlesnake Museumopens.
- Population: 384,736.[34]
- 1991 –National Museum of Nuclear Science & Historychartered.
- 1993 –¡Explora! Science Center and Children's Museumopens.
- 1994
- Albuquerque Poetry Slam begins.[35]
- 1996
- April: City website online.[36][37]
- Rio Grande Botanic GardenandAlbuquerque Aquariumopen.
- Cottonwood Mall (Albuquerque, New Mexico)in business.
- 1997 – Jim Baca elected mayor.[38]
- 2000 –National Hispanic Cultural Centeropens.
- 2002 –Alvarado Transportation Centeropens.
- 2003 –Metropolitan Courthousebuilt.
- 2004 – Albuquerque Sikh Gurudwara established.[39][40]
- 2005
- Duke City Derby(roller derby) league formed.
- Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museumopens.
- ¡Globalquerque!music fest begins.
- 2007 –Alamosa Skateparkbuilt.[41]
- 2009 –Richard J. Berrybecomes mayor.[42]
- 2010 – Population: 545,852.[14]
- 2011 – I-25/Paseo Del Norte interchange planned.[14]
- 2012 – Population: 555,417.[14]
- 2013 – I-25/Paseo Del Norte interchange construction started.[14]
- 2015 –Panhandlerjobs program begins.[43]
- 2017 –Tim Kelleris elected Mayor[44]
See also
[edit]- Albuquerque history
- List of mayors of Albuquerque
- List of historic landmarks in Albuquerque
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Bernalillo County, New Mexico
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- ^Kathryn A. Flynn (2012),Public art and architecture in New Mexico 1933-1943,Santa Fe: Sunstone Press,ISBN9780865348813
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- ^Lou Hoffman (ed.)."Viêt Nam War Narrative and Analysis – A New Mexican Perspective".New Mexico Military History.City of Albuquerque.RetrievedAugust 11,2013.
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- ^United States Census Bureau(1984),County and City Data Book, 1983,Statistical Abstract,Washington DC,OL14997563M
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Bibliography
[edit]- Published in the 19th century
- "New Mexico: Albuquerque",Where to Go to Become Rich: Farmers', Miners' and Tourists' Guide to Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado,Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1880
- "Albuquerque".Complete Business Directory of New Mexico, and Gazetteer of the Territory for 1882.Santa Fe: New Mexican Printing and Publishing Company. 1882.
- William M. Berger (1883),"Albuquerque",Berger's tourists' guide to New Mexico,Kansas City, Mo: Ramsey, Millett & Hudson,OCLC16658991
- "Albuquerque".Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory.Chicago: Polk & Co. and A.C. Danser. 1884.
- C.A. Higgins (1894),"New Mexico: Albuquerque",New guide to the Pacific coast,Chicago: Rand, McNally,OCLC2163219
- Published in the 20th century
- Hudspeth Directory Company. Hudspeth's Albuquerque City Directory. El Paso: 1901, 1904, 1907–1956.
- Max. Frost and Paul A.F. Walter, eds. (1906),"Albuquerque",Land of sunshine: a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico,Santa Fé, NM: New Mexico Bureau of Immigration,OCLC1806416
- H.B. Hening and E. Dana Johnson (1908),Albuquerque, New Mexico, Chief City of a New Empire in the Great Southwest,Albuquerque
{{citation}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link). - .Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 1 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 516.
- Hudspeth's Albuquerque City Directory.1919 – via Google Books.
- George Wharton James(1920),"Albuquerque, the Commercial Metropolis of New Mexico",New Mexico,Boston:Page Company
- Federal Writers' Project(1940). "Albuquerque".New Mexico: a Guide to the Colorful State.American Guide Series. New York: Hastings House. p. 173+.hdl:2027/mdp.39015012922400.
- George Fitzpatrick;Harvey Caplin(1976),Albuquerque: 100 years in pictures, 1875-1975(2nd ed.), Albuquerque, N.M: Modern Press,ISBN091075036X
- Marc Simmons (1982),Albuquerque: A Narrative History,Albuquerque: UNM Press.
- George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Albuquerque",World Encyclopedia of Cities,Vol. 1: North America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO,OL1431653M(fulltext via Open Library)
- Michael F. Logan (1995), "Albuquerque",Fighting Sprawl and City Hall: resistance to urban growth in the Southwest,Tucson: University of Arizona Press, p. 95+,ISBN0816515123
- John A. Jakle; et al. (1996), "The Motel in Albuquerque",The Motel in America,Johns Hopkins University Press,ISBN9780801869181
- Benny J. Andres Jr. (2000). "La Plaza Vieja (Old Town Alburquerque): the Transformation of a Hispano Village, 1880s-1950s". In David Maciel,Erlinda Gonzales-Berry(ed.).The Contested Homeland: a Chicano History of New Mexico.University of New Mexico Press. p. 239+.ISBN0826321992.
- Published in the 21st century
- David Kammer."Albuquerque's 20th-Century Suburban Growth".New Mexico Office of the State Historian.New Mexico State Record Center and Archives.RetrievedAugust 11,2013.circa 2004
- "Albuquerque History Timeline".Albuquerque Tricentennial.Albuquerque Historical Society. 2008.
- Susan McAllister, ed. (2008),A bigger boat: the unlikely success of the Albuquerque poetry slam scene,Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press,ISBN9780826344830
- "Fiscal Year 2014 Approved Budget".City of Albuquerque. 2013.
- "Albuquerque, NM".U.S. City Open Data Census.Sunlight FoundationandOpen Knowledge International.2018. Archived fromthe originalon November 18, 2018.
External links
[edit]- "Local History".Subject Guides.Albuquerque:ABC Library.
- "Albuquerque".New Mexico's Digital Collections.University of New Mexico, University Libraries.
- Items related to Albuquerque,various dates (viaDigital Public Library of America)
- Items related to Albuquerque,various dates (via U.S. Library of Congress, Prints & Photos division)
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