Timeline of Albuquerque, New Mexico

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, US.

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18th-19th centuries

• 1706 - Town founded as a trading post between the Tiwa Puebloan peoples and the Hispanos in Nuevo México by Francisco Cuervo y Valdés for New Spain.[1]
• 1793 - San Felipe de Neri Church built.
• 1837 - Unrest.[2]
• 1846 - U.S. army fort built.[3]
• 1850 - Town becomes part of U.S. New Mexico Territory.
• 1862 - Town occupied by U.S. Confederate troops.[4]
• 1867 - Military post closes.[3]
• 1871 - Menaul School established.[5]
• 1873 - Jesuit College established.[6]
• 1879 - Albuquerque Academy, now known as "Albuquerque High School," established (not to be confused with the present-day Albuquerque Academy).
• 1880
  • Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot built near town.[3]
  • New town platted.[7]
  • Albuquerque Daily Journal newspaper begins publication.[8]
  • Albuquerque Indian School[5] and Albuquerque Street Railway Company established.[9]
• 1881 - Territorial Exposition held.[10]
• 1882
  • First Methodist Episcopal Church built in new town.
  • Albuquerque Browns baseball team[11] and St. Vincent Academy[5] established.
• 1883
  • Germania club founded.[12]
  • Ladies' Library Association active.
• 1885
  • New town of Albuquerque chartered.[13]
  • Henry Jaffa elected mayor of new town.[1]
• 1889 - University of New Mexico founded.
• 1890 - Population: 3,785.[4]
• 1891
  • New Albuquerque incorporated as a city.[13]
  • El Defensor del Pueblo newspaper begins publication.[14]
• 1894 - Harwood Industrial School established.[5]
• 1895 - La Bandera Americana newspaper begins publication.[15]
• 1897 - El Nuevo Mundo newspaper begins publication.[15]
• 1899 - Southwestern Brewery and Ice Company building constructed.

20th century

• 1901 - Albuquerque Public Library opens.[16][17]
• 1902 - Alvarado Hotel in business.[18]
• 1903
  • Albuquerque Business College established.[5]
  • American Lumber Company mill opens.[19]
• 1904 - Electric streetcar begins operating.[19]
• 1906 - Southwest Presbyterian Sanatorium founded.[20]
• 1910 - Population: 11,020.[4]
• 1912
  • City becomes part of the new State of New Mexico.
  • New Mexico State Fair begins.[21]
  • Albuquerque Independent Society formed.[22]
• 1914
  • Albuquerque High School building constructed.
  • Home Circle Club chartered.[22]
• 1917 - City Charter adopted.[13]
• 1919 - New Mexico Workers Chronicle begins publication.[23]
• 1920 - People's Sanatorium opens.[22]
• 1922 - First National Bank Building (Albuquerque) constructed.
• 1924 - Sunshine Theatre opens.[24]
• 1925 - Santa Fe Railway Shops (Albuquerque) built.
• 1926 - Courthouse relocated to New Town from Old Town.[3]
• 1927
  • Rio Grande Zoo opens.
  • KiMo Theater built.[25]
• 1928
  • Oxnard Field, Albuquerque's first airport, is constructed.
  • KGGM radio begins broadcasting.[26]
• 1929
  • First commercial airline service by Western Air Express and Transcontinental Air Transport
  • West Mesa Airport constructed.
• 1930 - Transcontinental Air Transport and Western Air Express merge to become TWA.
• 1932 - Museum of Anthropology of the University of New Mexico established.
• 1933 - KKOB (AM) radio headquartered in city.
• 1934 - Continental Airlines begins service.
• 1936 - Albuquerque Little Theater dedicated.[27]
• 1938 - Lobo Theater[24] and New Mexico State Fair grounds open.[26]
• 1939
  • Albuquerque Municipal Airport constructed.
  • Hilton Hotel built.
• 1942 - Kirtland Air Force Base established.
• 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.[28]
• 1943 - POW Camp Albuquerque established.
• 1946 - U.S. military Sandia Base (nuclear weapons installation) active.[26]
• 1947 - Old Town Historical Society established.[29]
• 1948 - Ernie Pyle House/Library branch established.
• 1949 - Old Town annexed to city.[26]
• 1954 - Simms Building constructed.
• 1956 - Albuquerque Petroleum Club founded.
• 1957 - Tingley Coliseum dedicated.
• 1959 - Uncle Cliff’s Kiddieland opens.
• 1960 - New Mexico Genealogical Society headquartered in city.
• 1961
  • Winrock Shopping Center in business.
  • Bank of New Mexico Building constructed.
  • TWA begins the first commercial jet service with the Boeing 707 and the Convair 880.
• 1963
  • Circle Autoscope Drive-In cinema opens.[24]
  • First National Bank Building East constructed.
  • Albuquerque Municipal Airport renamed to Albuquerque Sunport
• 1965
  • New terminal opens at the Albuquerque Sunport.
  • Coronado Center shopping mall in business.
  • Albuquerque Press Club founded.
• 1967 - Albuquerque Museum of Art and History established.
• 1970 - Anti-war protest.[30]
• 1972
  • Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta begins.[26]
  • Glenwood Hills Association established.[31]
• 1974
  • City adopts mayor-council form of government.[13]
  • TWA begins the first jumbo jet aircraft service with the Lockheed 1011.
• 1976 - Indian Pueblo Cultural Center opens.
• 1979
  • National Solar Thermal Test Facility established.
  • TWA begins the first nonstop flights to New York.
  • American Airlines begins service.
• 1980
  • Southwest Airlines begins service.
  • Population: 331,767.[32]
• 1982 United Airlines begins service.
• 1983 Delta Air Lines begins service.
• 1986
  • Albuquerque Petroleum Building constructed.
  • New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science founded.
• 1987-1989 Albuquerque International Sunport undergoes a major expansion.
• 1990
  • Albuquerque Plaza built.
  • American International Rattlesnake Museum opens.
  • Population: 384,736.[33]
• 1991 - National Museum of Nuclear Science & History chartered.
• 1993 - ¡Explora! Science Center and Children's Museum opens.
• 1994
  • Albuquerque Poetry Slam begins.[34]
• 1996
  • April: City website online.[35][36]
  • Rio Grande Botanic Garden and Albuquerque Aquarium open.
  • Cottonwood Mall (Albuquerque, New Mexico) in business.
• 1997 - Jim Baca elected mayor.[37]

21st century

• 2000 - National Hispanic Cultural Center opens.
• 2002 - Alvarado Transportation Center opens.
• 2003 - Metropolitan Courthouse built.
• 2004 - Albuquerque Sikh Gurudwara established.[38][39]
• 2005
  • Duke City Derby (roller derby) league formed.
  • Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum opens.
  • ¡Globalquerque! music fest begins.
• 2007 - Alamosa Skatepark built.[40]
• 2009 - Richard J. Berry becomes mayor.[41]
• 2010 - Population: 545,852.[13]
• 2011 - I-25/Paseo Del Norte interchange planned.[13]
• 2012 - Population: 555,417.[13]
• 2013 - I-25/Paseo Del Norte interchange construction started.[13]
• 2015 - Panhandler jobs program begins.[42]
• 2017 - Tim Keller is elected Mayor [43]

See also

• Albuquerque history
• List of mayors of Albuquerque
• List of historic landmarks in Albuquerque
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Bernalillo County, New Mexico
• Timeline of New Mexico[2]

References

1. Federal Writers' Project 1940, p. 173: "Albuquerque"
2. Federal Writers' Project 1940, p. 423: "Chronology"
3. Andres 2000.
4. Britannica 1910.
5. Patterson's American Educational Directory. 13. Chicago. 1916. hdl:2027/nyp.33433075985949.
6. Helen Haines (1891), History of New Mexico, New York: New Mexico Historical Pub. Co., OCLC 1687045, OL 271010M
7. Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, p. 24, OCLC 3832886, OL 5812502M
8. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
9. "Chronological Table". New Mexico Blue Book. Santa Fe. 1915. hdl:2027/uiug.30112001979381.
10. W. G. Ritch (1883), Illustrated New Mexico, Santa Fé, N.M: New Mexican printing and publishing co., OCLC 2201395, OL 6930006M
11. L.M Sutter (2010), New Mexico Baseball: miners, outlaws, Indians, and isotopes, 1880 to the present, Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co., ISBN 9780786441228
12. Tomas Jaehn (2004), Germans in the Southwest, 1850-1920, Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, ISBN 0826334989
13. Budget 2014.
14. Rafael Chabran; Richard Chabran (1993). "Spanish-Language and Latino Press of the United States: Newspapers and Periodicals". Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States: Literature and Art. Houston, Texas: Arte Público Press. p. 360+. ISBN 1558850740.
15. A. Gabriel Meléndez (2005), Spanish-Language Newspapers in New Mexico, 1834-1958, Tucson, Ariz: University of Arizona Press, ISBN 0816524726
16. Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library. "Albuquerque Libraries: It's a Grand Old History". abcreads. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
17. American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918 – via HathiTrust.
18. Jakle 1996.
19. Kammer 2004.
20. Ferenc Morton Szasz (2004), The Protestant Clergy in the Great Plains and the Mountain West, 1865-1915, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803293119
21. Richard Melzer (2011), New Mexico, Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith
22. Jamane Yeager (2011). "New Mexico". In Alton Hornsby Jr. (ed.). Black America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 545+. ISBN 978-1573569767.
23. "New Mexico: Albuquerque", Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1921, hdl:2027/uc1.$b436690
24. "Movie Theaters in Albuquerque, NM". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
25. "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
26. Tricentennial 2008.
27. Kathryn A. Flynn (2012), Public art and architecture in New Mexico 1933-1943, Santa Fe: Sunstone Press, ISBN 9780865348813
28. AT6 Monument
29. University of New Mexico - Zimmerman Library. "Albuquerque Historical Society records, 1940-2002". ArchiveGrid. Ohio: Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
30. Lou Hoffman (ed.). "Viêt Nam War Narrative and Analysis – A New Mexican Perspective". New Mexico Military History. City of Albuquerque. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
31. "Neighborhood Associations". City of Albuquerque, Planning Department. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
32. United States Census Bureau (1984), County and City Data Book, 1983, Statistical Abstract, Washington DC, OL 14997563M
33. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
34. McAllister 2008.
35. "City Seeks Net Role to Raise Quality of Residents' Lives", Albuquerque Journal, May 13, 1996
36. "City of Albuquerque". Archived from the original on June 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
37. "Mayor". City of Albuquerque. Archived from the original on May 1, 1998.
38. "History". Albuquerque Sikh Gurudwara. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
39. Pluralism Project. "Albuquerque, New Mexico". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
40. "Albuquerque, New Mexico". Skatepark.org. Portland, OR: Skaters for Public Skateparks. 2010. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
41. "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
42. "This Republican mayor has an incredibly simple idea to help the homeless. And it seems to be working", Washington Post, August 11, 2016
43. Writer, Martin Salazar | Journal Staff. "Voters give Keller 'a clear mandate'". www.abqjournal.com. Retrieved 2018-04-13.

Bibliography

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.
• William M. Berger (1883), "Albuquerque", Berger's tourists' guide to New Mexico, Kansas City, Mo: Ramsey, Millett & Hudson, OCLC 16658991
• "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, OCLC 2163219

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, ed. (1906), "Albuquerque", Land of sunshine: a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico, Santa Fé, N.M: New Mexico Bureau of Immigration, OCLC 1806416
• H.B. Hening and E. Dana Johnson. Albuquerque, New Mexico, Chief City of a New Empire in the Great Southwest. Albuquerque, 1908.
• "Albuquerque", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• 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. NY: 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, ISBN 091075036X
• Marc Simmons. Albuquerque: A Narrative History. Albuquerque: UNM Press, 1982.
• George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Albuquerque", World Encyclopedia of Cities, 1: North America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO (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+, ISBN 0816515123
• John A. Jakle; et al. (1996), "The Motel in Albuquerque", The Motel in America, Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 9780801869181
• 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+. ISBN 0826321992.

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. Retrieved August 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, ISBN 9780826344830
• "Fiscal Year 2014 Approved Budget". City of Albuquerque. 2013.
• "Albuquerque, NM". U.S. City Open Data Census. Sunlight Foundation and Open Knowledge International. 2018. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018.

External links

• "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 (via Digital Public Library of America)
• Items related to Albuquerque, various dates (via U.S. Library of Congress, Prints & Photos division)