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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Laredo, Texas, USA.

18th-19th centuries

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• 1755 - May 15: Villa de Laredo founded by Tomás Sánchez and others in Spanish colonial Nuevo Santander, Viceroyalty of New Spain.
• 1760 - Chapel built.
• 1767 - San Agustin Church founded.
• 1790 - Population: 708.
• 1821 - Laredo becomes part of independent Mexican Empire.
• 1840 - Laredo becomes capital of the Mexican insurgent Republic of the Rio Grande during the Mexican Federalist War.
• 1846 - Laredo taken by U.S. Texas Rangers during the Mexican–American War.
• 1847 - U.S. forces occupy town.
• 1848
  • Laredo becomes part of the U.S. per Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at end of Mexican–American War.
  • Webb County, Texas created.
• 1849 - U.S. military Camp Crawford established.
• 1852 - Laredo "chartered as a Texas city."
• 1860 - Population: 1,256.
• 1872 - San Agustin Church rebuilt.
• 1880
  • Corpus Christi-Laredo railway begins operating.
  • Population: 3,521.
• 1881
  • Mexico-Laredo railway begins operating.
  • St. Peter's neighborhood development begins.
  • City plan for Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, "'Plano de los Dos Laredos' created by E.R. Laroche."
• 1882
  • Laredo Seminary and city water works established.
  • County Courthouse built.
• 1883 - Daily Laredo Times newspaper begins publication.
• 1888 - Laredo Improvement Company formed.
• 1889
  • Street railway begins operating.
  • "Foot and wagon bridge built across the Rio Grande" at Convent Avenue.
• 1890 - Population: 11,319.
• 1898 - Onion farming begins (approximate date).
• 1900 - Population: 13,429.

20th century

• 1904 - Laredo Academy established.
• 1907 - Laredo United States Post Office, Court House and Custom House built.
• 1908 - Discovery of natural gas in vicinity of Laredo.
• 1909 - Webb County Courthouse built.
• 1910 - Population: 14,855.
• 1911 - Liga Femenil Mexicanista (women's group) founded in Laredo.
• 1915 - Laredo public library active (approximate date).
• 1920
  • Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge opened.
  • Population: 22,710.
• 1922
  • International Bridge opens.
  • Azteca Theater opens.
• 1937 - Foundry Workers' Union of Laredo formed.
• 1938 - KPAB radio begins broadcasting.
• 1946 - Fort McIntosh, Texas de-activated.
• 1947 - Laredo Junior College established.
• 1950 - Population: 51,910.
• 1954 - Flood.
• 1956 - KGNS-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
• 1969 - Texas A&M International University established.
• 1970
  • River Drive Mall in business.
  • Population: 69,678.
• 1977 - Mall del Norte in business.
• 1978 - Aldo Tatangelo becomes mayor.
• 1980
  • Webb County Heritage Foundation established.
  • Population: 91,449.
• 1990
  • Saul N. Ramirez, Jr. becomes mayor.
  • Population: 122,899.
• 1993
  • Laredo Community College active.
  • Cinemark Movies 12 (cinema) in business.
• 1998 - Betty Flores becomes mayor.
• 2000
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Laredo established.
  • Population: 176,576.

21st century

• 2001 - City website online (approximate date).
• 2005 - Henry Cuellar becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 28th congressional district.
• 2006 - Raul G. Salinas becomes mayor.
• 2007 - Cinemark Mall Del Norte (cinema) in business.
• 2008 - Rio Grande Detention Center opens, housing up to 1900 federal prisoners for the U.S. government
• 2010 - Population: 236,091.
• 2014 - Pete Saenz becomes mayor.

See also

• Laredo, Texas history (es)
• List of mayors of Laredo, Texas
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Webb County, Texas
• Nuevo Laredo, Mexico history (es)
• Timelines of other cities in the South Texas area of Texas: Brownsville, Corpus Christi, McAllen, San Antonio

References

1. Herbert Eugene Bolton (1915). Texas in the Middle Eighteenth Century: Studies in Spanish Colonial History and Administration. University of California publications in history ;v. 3. University of California Press.
2. ^ Federal Writers' Project 1940.
3. ^ "History of Laredo". City of Laredo. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
4. ^ Simons 1996.
5. ^ Britannica 1910.
6. Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
7. "United States - Texas - Webb County - Laredo". Portal to Texas History. Denton: University of North Texas Libraries.
8. ^ "Local History". Laredo: Webb County Heritage Foundation. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
9. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
10. Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide. Belo & Company. 1910.
11. "Timeline". Women in Texas History. Austin: Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation for Texas Women's History. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
12. "News Notes". Texas Libraries. 1. Texas Library and Historical Commission. July 1915.
13. University of Texas Libraries. "Laredo". Texas Archival Resources Online. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
14. Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Texas", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
15. Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Texas", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
16. ^ "History of Laredo Mayors" (PDF). City of Laredo. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
17. ^ "Movie Theaters in Laredo, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
18. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
19. "Official City of Laredo Home Page". Archived from the original on 2001-02-17 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
20. Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
21. "Texas". Official Congressional Directory: 110th Congress. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2007. hdl:2027/uc1.l0101186906 – via HathiTrust.
22. "Rio Grande Detention Center". GEO Group. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
23. "Laredo city, Texas". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 27, 2016.

Bibliography

• "Laredo". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1890 – via Internet Archive.
• "Laredo". A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. 1907.
• "Laredo" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 215.
• Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Laredo", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House, hdl:2027/mdp.39015002677667 – via HathiTrust{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
• Stanley Cooper Green, Laredo, 1755–1920 (Laredo: Nuevo Santander Museum Complex, 1981)
• Gilberto Miguel Hinojosa, A Borderlands Town in Transition: Laredo, 1755–1870 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1983)
• Jerry Don Thompson, Laredo: A Pictorial History (Norfolk: Donning, 1986)
• Helen Simons; Cathryn A. Hoyt, eds. (1996). "Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley". A Guide to Hispanic Texas (Abridged ed.). University of Texas Press. pp. 69–120. ISBN 978-0-292-77709-5.
• Betty Dooley Awbrey; Stuart Awbrey (2013). "Laredo". Why Stop?: A Guide to Texas Roadside Historical Markers (6th ed.). Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 267+. ISBN 978-1-58979-790-1.

External links

• "Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Laredo". Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin.
• "Laredo". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX.
• Carlos E. Cuéllar. "Laredo, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
• Items related to Laredo, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).

v t e City of Laredo
Nicknames: Gateway City , City Under Seven Flags
Attractions	Republic of the Rio Grande Museum Laredo Water Museum Imaginarium of South Texas Washington's Birthday Celebration Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium Lamar Bruni Vergara Environmental Science Center Sames Auto Arena
Sports	Uni-Trade Stadium PEG Energy Stadium Veterans Field Student Activity Complex Texas A&M International University Soccer Complex Laredo Heat Laredo Lemurs(defunct)
Business	Falcon International Bank International Bank of Commerce Laredo National Bank(defunct) Mall del Norte The Outlet Shoppes at Laredo Taco Palenque
History	Timeline Cathedral of San Agustin Don Tomás Sánchez Colonel Santos Benavides Battle of Laredo Fort McIntosh Laredo Air Force Base Republic of the Rio Grande San Agustin de Laredo Historic District Flag of Laredo, Texas Flag of the Republic of the Rio Grande
Geography	Chacon Creek Lake Casa Blanca Rio Grande San Ildefonso Creek San Ygnacio Creek Santa Isabel Creek Sombrerillito Creek Zacate Creek
Education	Tertiary Laredo College Texas A&M International University The University of Texas Education and Research Center at Laredo K-12 Laredo ISD Dr. Leonides G. Cigarroa HS Joseph W. Nixon HS Raymond & Tirza Martin HS Dr. Dennis D. Cantu Health Science Magnet Vidal M. Treviño Sch of Communications and Fine Arts Lara FS Academy United ISD John B. Alexander HS Lyndon B. Johnson HS United HS United South HS
Mass media	Newspapers English Laredo Morning Times LareDOS(defunct) Zapata Times Spanish El Diario de Nuevo Laredo El Mañana Primera Hora Última Hora Television XHLNA Azteca Uno–HD 1.1 XHLNA-TDT2 ADN 1.2 XHLAR Las Estrellas–HD 2.1 XHCTNL Imagen TV–HD 3.1 XHCTNL Excelsiór TV 3.4 XHBR Las Estrellas–HD 4.1 XHBR Canal 5 5.1 XHNAT Multimedios–HD 6.1 XHNAT-TDT2 Milenio TV 6.2 XHNAT-TDT3 Teleritmo 6.3 XHNAT-TDT4 MVS 6.4 XHLAT Azteca 7–HD 7.1 XHLAT a+ 7.2 KGNS NBC–HD 8.1 KGNS-DT2 ABC–HD 8.2 KGNS-DT3 Telemundo–HD 8.3 KGNS-DT5 TCN 8.5 KXNU-LD Telemundo–HD 10.1 KYLX CBS–HD 13.1 KYLX-LD2 CW 13.2 KLMV MeTV 15.1 KLMV-LD2 Estrella TVs 15.2 KLMV-LD3 Movies! 15.3 KLMV-LD4 JTV 15.4 XEFE Televisa local 17.1 KLDO Univision–HD 27.1 KLDO-DT2 LATV 27.2 KLDO-DT3 TBD 27.3 KLDO-DT4 Stadium 27.4 KLDO-DT5 Court TV 27.5 KXOF-CD Fox–HD 31.1 KXOF-CD2 Grit 31.2 KXOF-CD3 Laff 31.3 KETF-CD UniMás–HD 39.1 KETF-CD2 Comet 39.2 KETF-CD3 Charge! 39.3 KETF-CD4 Azteca America–HD 39.4 Radio AM 790 XEFE 890 KVOZ 960 XEK 1000 XENLT 1090 XEWL 1300 KLAR 1340 XEBK 1370 XEGNK 1410 XEAS 1490 KLNT 1550 XENU FM 88.1 KHOY 88.9 XHLDO 89.9 KBNL 91.3 XHNOE 92.7 KJBZ 94.1 XHTLN 94.9 KQUR 95.7 XHBK 97.1 XHNLO 98.1 KRRG 99.3 XHNK 101.5 XHAS 102.3 XHMW 103.3 XHAHU 104.9 XHNLR 106.1 KNEX 106.5 La Tremenda 107.3 XHGTS
Transportation	International bridges Gateway to the Americas International Bridge Juárez–Lincoln International Bridge Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge World Trade International Bridge Laredo–Colombia Solidarity International Bridge Highways I-35 I-35 Bus. I-69W Proposed I-2 Proposed I-27 US 59 Bus. US 59-Z US 83 SH 255 SH 359 Loop 20 Spur 260 Spur 400 FM 1472 FM 3338 San Isidro Parkway Transit El Metro Transit El Aguila Airport Laredo International Airport
Neighborhoods	El Barrio Azteca Downtown Nye San Agustin de Laredo Historic District
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