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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, US.
History as a town
- 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 Confederate troops before being retaken by the Union Army.[4]
- 1867 – Military post closes.[3]
- 1873 – Jesuit College established.[5]
- 1879 – Albuquerque High School established.
- 1880
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot built near town.[3]
- New town platted.[6]
- Albuquerque Daily Journal newspaper begins publication.[7]
- Albuquerque Indian School[8] and Albuquerque Street Railway Company established.[9]
- 1881
- Territorial Exposition held.[10]
- Menaul School established.[8]
- 1882
- First Methodist Episcopal Church built 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 Mexico founded.
- 1890 – Population: 3,785.[4]
History as a city
- 1891
- 1894 – Harwood Industrial School established.[8]
- 1895 – La Bandera Americana newspaper begins publication.[16]
- 1897 – El Nuevo Mundo newspaper begins publication.[16]
- 1899 – Southwestern Brewery and Ice Company building constructed.
- 1901 – Albuquerque Public Library opens.[17][18]
- 1902 – Alvarado Hotel in business.[19]
- 1903
- 1904 – Electric streetcar begins operating.[20]
- 1906 – Southwest Presbyterian Sanatorium founded.[21]
- 1910 – Population: 11,020.[4]
- 1912
- City becomes part of the new State of New Mexico.
- New Mexico State Fair begins.[22]
- Albuquerque Independent Society formed.[23]
- 1914
- Albuquerque High School building constructed.
- Home Circle Club chartered.[23]
- 1917 – City Charter adopted.[14]
- 1919 – New Mexico Workers Chronicle begins 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 from Old Town.[3]
- 1927
- Rio Grande Zoo opens.
- KiMo Theater built.[26]
- 1928
- Oxnard Field, Albuquerque's first airport, is constructed.
- KGGM radio begins broadcasting.[27]
- 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.[relevant?]
- 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.[28]
- 1938 – Lobo Theater[25] and New Mexico State Fair grounds open.[27]
- 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.[29]
- 1943 – POW Camp Albuquerque established.
- 1946 – U.S. military Sandia Base (nuclear weapons installation) active.[27]
- 1947 – Old Town Historical Society established.[30]
- 1948 – Ernie Pyle House/Library branch established.
- 1949 – Old Town annexed to city.[27]
- 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.[citation needed]
- 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.[relevant?]
- 1963
- Circle Autoscope Drive-In cinema opens.[25]
- 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.[31]
- 1972
- Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta begins.[27]
- Glenwood Hills Association established.[32]
- 1974
- City adopts mayor-council form of government.[14]
- TWA begins the first jumbo jet aircraft service with the Lockheed 1011.[relevant?]
- 1976 – Indian Pueblo Cultural Center opens.
- 1979
- National Solar Thermal Test Facility established.
- TWA begins the first nonstop flights to New York.[relevant?]
- American Airlines begins service.
- 1980
- Southwest Airlines begins service.
- Population: 331,767.[33]
- 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.[34]
- 1991 – National Museum of Nuclear Science & History chartered.
- 1993 – ¡Explora! Science Center and Children's Museum opens.
- 1994
- Albuquerque Poetry Slam begins.[35]
- 1996
- April: City website online.[36][37]
- Rio Grande Botanic Garden and Albuquerque Aquarium open.
- Cottonwood Mall (Albuquerque, New Mexico) in business.
- 1997 – Jim Baca elected mayor.[38]
- 2000 – National Hispanic Cultural Center opens.
- 2002 – Alvarado Transportation Center opens.
- 2003 – Metropolitan Courthouse built.
- 2004 – Albuquerque Sikh Gurudwara established.[39][40]
- 2005
- Duke City Derby (roller derby) league formed.
- Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum opens.
- ¡Globalquerque! music fest begins.
- 2007 – Alamosa Skatepark built.[41]
- 2009 – Richard J. Berry becomes 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 – Panhandler jobs program begins.[43]
- 2017 – Tim Keller is elected Mayor [44]
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
References
- ^ a b Federal Writers' Project 1940, p. 173: "Albuquerque"
- ^ Federal Writers' Project 1940, p. 423: "Chronology"
- ^ a b c d Andres 2000.
- ^ a b c Britannica 1910.
- ^ Helen Haines (1891), History of New Mexico, New York: New Mexico Historical Pub. Co., OCLC 1687045, OL 271010M
- ^ Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, p. 24, OCLC 3832886, OL 5812502M
- ^ "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Patterson, Homer L. (1916). Patterson's American Educational Directory. Vol. 13. Chicago. hdl:2027/nyp.33433075985949.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Chronological Table". New Mexico Blue Book. Santa Fe. 1915. hdl:2027/uiug.30112001979381.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ W. G. Ritch (1883), Illustrated New Mexico, Santa Fé, N.M: New Mexican printing and publishing co., OCLC 2201395, OL 6930006M
- ^ L.M Sutter (2010), New Mexico Baseball: miners, outlaws, Indians, and isotopes, 1880 to the present, Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co., ISBN 9780786441228
- ^ Sky Rider: Park Van Tassel and the Rise of Ballooning in the West. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. 2021.
- ^ Tomas Jaehn (2004), Germans in the Southwest, 1850-1920, Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, ISBN 0826334989
- ^ a b c d e f g h Budget 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b A. Gabriel Meléndez (2005), Spanish-Language Newspapers in New Mexico, 1834-1958, Tucson, Ariz: University of Arizona Press, ISBN 0816524726
- ^ Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library (6 July 2011). "Albuquerque Libraries: It's a Grand Old History". abcreads. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. pp. 7 v – via HathiTrust.
- ^ Jakle 1996.
- ^ a b Kammer 2004.
- ^ Ferenc Morton Szasz (2004), The Protestant Clergy in the Great Plains and the Mountain West, 1865-1915, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803293119
- ^ Richard Melzer (2011), New Mexico, Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith[page needed]
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "New Mexico: Albuquerque", Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, Ayer directory, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1921, hdl:2027/uc1.$b436690
- ^ a b c "Movie Theaters in Albuquerque, NM". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- ^ "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Tricentennial 2008.
- ^ Kathryn A. Flynn (2012), Public art and architecture in New Mexico 1933-1943, Santa Fe: Sunstone Press, ISBN 9780865348813
- ^ AT6 Monument
- ^ University of New Mexico – Zimmerman Library. "Albuquerque Historical Society records, 1940-2002". ArchiveGrid. Ohio: Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ Lou Hoffman (ed.). "Viêt Nam War Narrative and Analysis – A New Mexican Perspective". New Mexico Military History. City of Albuquerque. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- ^ "Neighborhood Associations". City of Albuquerque, Planning Department. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- ^ United States Census Bureau (1984), County and City Data Book, 1983, Statistical Abstract, Washington DC, OL 14997563M
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ^ McAllister 2008.
- ^ "City Seeks Net Role to Raise Quality of Residents' Lives", Albuquerque Journal, May 13, 1996
- ^ "City of Albuquerque". Archived from the original on 1997-06-29 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Mayor". City of Albuquerque. Archived from the original on May 1, 1998.
- ^ "History". Albuquerque Sikh Gurudwara. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ Pluralism Project. "Albuquerque, New Mexico". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
- ^ "Albuquerque, New Mexico". Skatepark.org. Portland, OR: Skaters for Public Skateparks. 2010. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- ^ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- ^ "This Republican mayor has an incredibly simple idea to help the homeless. And it seems to be working", Washington Post, August 11, 2016
- ^ 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. 1882.
- 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, 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, OCLC 1806416
- 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, ISBN 091075036X
- 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, OL 1431653M (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)
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