The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
1836 – Shreve Town Company organized; named for Henry Miller Shreve, one of its members.
1837 – Shreve Town Company begins selling plots of land.
1838 – Shreve Town becomes seat of newly formed Caddo Parish.
1839
Town of Shreveport incorporated.
John Octavius Sewall elected mayor.
1841 – Caddo Gazette newspaper begins publication.
1847 – Burial ground established.
1850
Population: 1,728.
Brewer's Hall built (approximate date).
1852 – South-Western newspaper begins publication.
1853 – Yellow fever outbreak.
1858 – Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad begins operating.
1860 – Population: 2,190.
1861 – St. Mary's Convent founded.
1863 – Shreveport designated Louisiana Confederate capital (until 1865).
1866 – Charity Hospital established.
1870 – Population: 4,607.
1871
Shreveport becomes a city.
Daily Shreveport Times newspaper begins publication.
Crisp's Gaiety Theater built.
1873
Dallas-Shreveport railway in operation.
Yellow fever outbreak.
1879 – Shreveport Daily Standard newspaper begins publication.
1880
First Presbyterian Church built.
Population: 8,009.
1886 – Grand Opera House built.
1887 – Shreveport Waterworks Pumping Station built.
1890
Shreveport Library Association formed.
Population: 11,979.
1895 – Evening Judge newspaper in publication.
1896 – Holy Trinity Catholic Church rebuilt.
1899 – Genevieve Orphanage established.
1900 – Population: 16,013.
1901 – People’s Library established.
1902 – Shreveport Journal newspaper in publication.
1905 – Agudath Achim Synagogue dedicated.
1906 – Oil discovered at Caddo Lake in vicinity of Shreveport.
1907 – Nearby Bossier City incorporated.
1909 – Centenary College of Louisiana relocated to Shreveport from Jackson.
1910
Schumpert Memorial Hospital and Chamber of Commerce established.
Population: 28,015.
1912 – United States Post Office and Courthouse built.
1915 – Traffic Street Bridge built.
1920 – Population: 43,874.
1922 – Shreveport Art Club active.
1923 – Public library built.
1925 – Strand Theatre built.
1926
KWKH radio begins broadcasting.
Caddo Parish courthouse built.
1927 – Dodd College established.
1928 – Woman’s Auxiliary to the Shreveport Medical Society formed.
1929 – Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium built.
1930
East Texas Oil Field discovered in vicinity of Shreveport.
Population: 76,655.
1931 – Shreveport Downtown Airport begins operating.
1933 – U.S. military Barksdale Airfield dedicated.
1934 – Long–Allen Bridge opens.
1935 – Rodessa oil field discovered in vicinity of Shreveport.
1940 – Population: 98,167.
1948
U.S. military Barksdale Air Force Base active.
KWKH's Louisiana Hayride radio programme begins broadcast.
1950
Shreveport metropolitan area was started
Population: 127,206.
1952 – North Louisiana Historical Association established.
1960
Shreveport metropolitan area Added Bossier Parish
Population: 164,372.
1967 – Louisiana State University in Shreveport opens.
1970 – Population: 182,064.
1972 – Quail Creek Cinema in business.
1973
Shreveport metropolitan area Added Webster Parish
1977 – Pioneer Heritage Center and Spring Street Historical Museum founded.
1980 – Population: 205,820.
1981 – General Motors plant begins operating in Shreveport.
1983
Shreveport metropolitan area Removed Webster Parish
1984 – Louisiana Tower (hi-rise) built.
1986
Roman Catholic Diocese of Shreveport established.
Commercial National Bank Tower (hi-rise) built.
1988 – Jim McCrery becomes U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.
1990 – Population: 198,525.
1993
Shreveport metropolitan area Redded Webster Parish
1994
Stephens African American Museum founded.
Harrah's casino built.
1998
Keith Hightower becomes mayor.
City website online (approximate date).
2003
Shreveport – Bossier City metropolitan area Replaced Webster Parish to De Soto Parish
2004 – Convention Center built.
2006 – Cedric Glover becomes first African-American in city elected mayor.
2007 – Hilton Hotel Convention Center built.
2009 – John Fleming becomes U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.
2010 – Population: 199,311.
2014 – Ollie Tyler becomes first African-American woman in city elected mayor.
Timeline of Shreveport, Louisiana Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA