Timeline of McAllen, Texas

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

20th century

• 1904 - West McAllen townsite established.[1]
• 1905 - St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad begins operating.[1]
• 1907 - East McAllen development begins.[1]
• 1909
  • McAllen Monitor newspaper begins publication.[2]
  • Methodist Church built.[1]
  • High school established.[3]
• 1910 - Population: 150.[1]
• 1911
  • Town of McAllen incorporated in Hidalgo County.[4]
  • Frank W. Crow becomes mayor.[5]
• 1916 - "12,000 soldiers...stationed in McAllen...during the period of border disturbances."[6]
• 1918 - Casa de Palmas hotel built.[6]
• 1920 - Population: 5,331.
• 1924 - Chamber of Commerce formed.[7]
• 1925 - McAllen Municipal Hospital built.[3]
• 1926 - Reynosa-McAllen international bridge built.[3]
• 1927 - Southern Pacific Railroad Depot opens.[6]
• 1928 - First United Methodist Church built.[1]
• 1933
  • Reynosa-McAllen bridge rebuilt.[3]
  • Bandstand erected in Archer Park.[6]
• 1934 - Collapse of Reynosa-McAllen bridge.[3]
• 1935
  • Post Office built.[6]
  • Quinta Mazatlan (residence) construction begins.[8]
• 1936 - Deepwater Port of Brownsville opens in vicinity of McAllen.
• 1940 - Queen Theater in business.[9]
• 1941 - McAllen–Hidalgo–Reynosa International Bridge built.[4]
• 1944 - McAllen Public Library established.
• 1946 - "Civic center" built.[10]
• 1947 - KRIO (AM) radio begins broadcasting.[11]
• 1948
  • Cine El Rey (cinema) in business.[9]
  • Discos Falcón (recording studio) in business.[12][13]
• 1949 - Synagogue built.[14]
• 1950 - Population: 20,067.
• 1952 - Miller Airport opens.[10]
• 1967 - September: Hurricane Beulah occurs.
• 1970 - Foreign trade zone established.[15][16]
• 1976 - La Plaza Mall in business.[1]
• 1977 - Rosie Jimenez, also known as Rosaura Jimenez, is the first woman known to have died due to an illegal abortion after the Hyde Amendment was passed.[17][18] Jimenez died at age 27 in 1977 from an illegal abortion in McAllen, Texas.[19]
• 1980 - Population: 66,281.[1]
• 1987 - Phyllis Griggs was elected as the city's first female commissioner in 1987, and served until 2001.[20]
• 1989 - September 21: "Alton school bus accident."[3]
• 1992 - Las Tiendas Shopping Mall in business.[3]
• 1993
  • McAllen Miller International Airport terminal built.[1]
  • South Texas Community College opens.[1]
• 1995 - City Hall rebuilt.[1]
• 1997
  • City website online.[21][22]
  • Rubén Hinojosa becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 15th congressional district.[23]
• 1998 - Texas State Bank building constructed.[1]
• 1999 - "Futuro McAllen" civic group formed.[3]
• 2000
  • Green jay designated official city bird.[3]
  • Population: 106,414.

21st century

• 2001
  • Intermodal Transit Terminal (bus station) opens.[3]
  • City enacts ordinance for historic preservation.
• 2004
  • City centennial observed.[24]
  • Boys and Girls Club built.[3]
• 2005 - Palm View Golf Course in business.[3]
• 2006 - World Birding Center Quinta Mazatlan park opens.[8]
• 2007
  • McAllen Convention Center opens.
  • Veterans War Memorial of Texas dedicated.[3]
• 2008
  • July: Hurricane Dolly occurs.[3]
  • McAllen Heritage Center opens.[24]
• 2009 - Anzalduas International Bridge opens.[3]
• 2010 - Population: 129,877.[25]
• 2011 - Public library building opens in former Walmart store.[26]
• 2013 - James E. Darling becomes mayor.[5]
• 2014 - Ursula (detention center) for immigrants begins operating.
• 2017 - Vicente Gonzalez becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 15th congressional district.[27]
• 2017 - President Trump held a briefing at the Border Patrol station during the United States federal government shutdown of 2018–2019 over the Mexico–United States barrier.[28]

See also

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

References

1. "City History". City of McAllen. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012.
2. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
3. "Outline History of McAllen, Texas and the Surrounding Area". McAllen Heritage Center. Retrieved April 9, 2017. (Timeline)
4. Alicia A. Garza (2010-06-15). "McAllen, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
5. "History of Election of Mayors & City Officials" (PDF). City of McAllen. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
6. Simons 1996.
7. "About". McAllen Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
8. "About Us: History". Quinta Mazatlan. City of McAllen, etc. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
9. "Movie Theaters in McAllen, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
10. Hellmann 2006.
11. "AM Stations in the U.S.: Texas", Radio Annual Television Year Book, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1963, OCLC 10512375 – via Internet Archive
12. Gary Hickinbotham (2004). "History of the Texas Recording Industry". Journal of Texas Music History. 4 – via Texas State University.
13. "Handbook of Texas Online". Texas State Historical Association. Missing or empty |url= (help)
14. "Texas: South Texas: McAllen". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
15. "U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board Order Summary". Washington DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
16. Susan Tiefenbrun (2012), Tax Free Trade Zones of the World and in the United States, Edward Elgar, p. 84, ISBN 9781849802437
17. "Hyde Amendment". Newpol.org. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
18. "Books: Rosie,' a Death". New York Times. October 12, 1979.
19. Grant, Rebecca (September 13, 2017). "Does Your Insurance Cover Abortion?". The New Republic.
20. TBB (March 17, 2015). "Achievements of First Hispanic Mayor, First Woman Commissioner Recognized". Texas Border Business.
21. "Official Web Site for the City of McAllen". Archived from the original on June 26, 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
22. Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.). "United States of America: Texas". Official City Sites. Utah. OCLC 40169021. Archived from the original on August 24, 2000.
23. "Texas". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1997 – via HathiTrust.
24. "About". McAllen Heritage Center. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
25. "McAllen city, Texas". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
26. "Big-Box Store Has New Life as an Airy Public Library", New York Times, September 1, 2012
27. Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
28. Pappas, Alex (January 10, 2019). "Trump highlights human trafficking as he calls for 'strong barrier' during visit to US-Mexico border". Fox News. Retrieved January 11, 2019.

Bibliography

• "McAllen". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co. 1914.
• Helen Simons; Cathryn A. Hoyt, eds. (1996). "Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley: McAllen". Guide to Hispanic Texas (Abridged ed.). University of Texas Press. pp. 95+. ISBN 978-0-292-77709-5.
• Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Texas: McAllen". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1069+. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
• Foresight McAllen: McAllen Comprehensive Plan (PDF), City of McAllen, 2007

External links

• "Research: Genealogy & Local History". McAllen Public Library.
• "United States - Texas - Hidaldo County - McAllen". Portal to Texas History. Denton: University of North Texas Libraries.
• Items related to McAllen, Texas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)