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Timeline of Brownsville, Texas

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

Contents

18th-19th centuries

  • 1771 - José Salvador de la Garza settles in area per Espíritu Santo land grant.
  • 1846
  • March: Fort Taylor established by Zachary Taylor.
  • May 8: Battle of Palo Alto.
  • 1848 - Brownsville founded by Charles Stillman.
  • 1849
  • Travellers of the California Gold Rush pass through town.
  • Stillman house built.
  • Brownsville Lyceum founded.
  • 1850
  • Market Square built.
  • Sentinel newspaper begins publication.
  • Population: 2,734.
  • 1853 - "Police force" established.
  • 1859
  • First Cortina War.
  • Immaculate Conception Church built.
  • 1863 - November 2–6: Battle of Brownsville; Union wins.
  • 1865
  • May 12–13: Battle of Palmito Ranch fought near Brownsville; Confederates win.
  • Saint Joseph Academy established.
  • 1867 - Hurricane.
  • 1870
  • Point Isabel-Brownsville railway built.
  • Population: 4,905.
  • 1874 - Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate of Brownsville established.
  • 1875 - Porfirio Díaz plots Mexican coup from his temporary base in Brownsville.
  • 1877 - Alonso house built.
  • 1878 - Sabas Cavazos Cemetery established.
  • 1883 - Cameron County Courthouse built.
  • 1890 - Population: 6,134.
  • 1892 - Daily Herald newspaper begins publication.

    • 20th century

  • 1904 - St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway begins operating.
  • 1906 - August: Brownsville Affair (racial unrest).
  • 1907 - Snakeville in business.
  • 1910
  • Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge opens.
  • Dittmann Theater (cinema) built.
  • Population: 10,517.
  • 1913 - County Jail built.
  • 1914 - New Cameron County Courthouse built.
  • 1926 - Junior College of the Lower Rio Grande Valley established.
  • 1930 - Population: 22,021.
  • 1934 - El Heraldo de Brownsville newspaper begins publication.
  • 1936 - Port of Brownsville opens.
  • 1938 - Matamoros-Brownsville Charro Days Festival begins.
  • 1945 - U.S. Army Fort Brown decommissioned.
  • 1946 - Teatro Victoria in business.
  • 1949 - Charro Drive-In cinema and Majestic Theatre in business.
  • 1950
  • Texas Southmost College active.
  • Population: 35,086.
  • 1960
  • Stillman House Museum opens.
  • Population: 48,040.
  • 1965 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville established.
  • 1970 - Population: 52,522.
  • 1971 - Gladys Porter Zoo established.
  • 1978 - Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site established. (Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park since 2009.)
  • 1979 - Brownsville Urban System (transport) established.
  • 1980 - Population: 84,997.
  • 1990 - Population: 98,962.
  • 1991
  • University of Texas at Brownsville active.
  • Pat Ahumada becomes mayor.
  • 1997 - City website online (approximate date).
  • 1999 - Blanca Vela becomes mayor.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - Population: 139,722.
  • 2001 - El Nuevo Heraldo newspaper in publication.
  • 2007 - Pat Ahumada becomes mayor again.
  • 2010 - Population: 175,023.
  • 2011 - Blake Farenthold becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 27th congressional district.
  • 2013 - Filemon Vela, Jr. becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 34th congressional district.

    • References

    Timeline of Brownsville, Texas Wikipedia
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