The following is a timeline of the
history of the city of
Des Moines ,
Iowa , US.
19th century
1843 - Fort Des Moines U.S. Army post established.
1846
Fort Des Moines becomes seat of Polk County.
Subscription schools open "in cabins along Raccoon Row."
[2]
1848 -
Woodland Cemetery established as Fort Des Moines Cemetery
[3]
1849 - Iowa Star newspaper begins publication.
[4]
1851
1853 - Benjamin Luce elected mayor.
1854 - Western
Stage Company begins operating.
[6]
1855 - Brass Band formed.
1856 - Iowa Weekly Citizen newspaper begins publication.
[4]
1857
Iowa state capital relocated to Des Moines from
Iowa City .
City chartered.
1858 - Bridge built over
Des Moines River at Court Avenue.
1861 -
Western Union Telegraph begins operating.
1865 - Hook and Ladder fire company organized.
1866
August: Railroad begins operating.
Des Moines Library Association organized.
1867
April: Flood.
[8]
State Arsenal built.
1870
Polk County Woman's Suffrage Association organized.
Capital City Nurseries in business.
1872 - Caledonian Club organized.
1874 -
Younker Brothers Department Store in business.
1875 - June: State
Republican Convention held.
[10]
1878 - Cottage Hospital opens.
1881 -
Drake University established.
1883 - Foster Opera House built.
1884 - Capital City commercial college founded.
1885 - Des Moines Women's Club founded.
[12]
1886 -
Iowa State Capitol built.
1888 - William Lytle Carpenter elected mayor.
[13]
1889 - Des Moines Zoological Gardens opens.
[14]
1890
Highland Park College founded.
Population: 50,093.
1893 - Sisters of Mercy from Davenport, Iowa open first hospital in Des Moines. Begin in temporary quarters at Hoyt Sherman Place. First permanent hospital opened at 4th and Ascension Streets, north of downtown, in 1895
1895
1896 - Women's Press Club
[16] and Proteus Club
[15] founded.
1898 - S.S. Still College of Osteopathy founded.
[17]
1900 - Population: 62,139.
20th century
21st century
See also
References
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Bicentennial Reflections-History of the Des Moines Public Schools 1846-1976 .
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"Des Moines Municipal Cemeteries - Cemetery Highlights" . City of Des Moines Parks and Recreation . Retrieved May 11, 2017 .
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"US Newspaper Directory" . Chronicling America . Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 4, 2013 .
^ Annals of Iowa , Davenport, Iowa: Iowa State Historical Society, 1873
^ New York Times , April 18, 1867
^ New York Times , July 1, 1875
^
"Des Moines Women's Club" . Retrieved April 4, 2013 .
^ Portrait and biographical album of Polk County, Iowa , Chicago: Lake City Publishing Co., 1890,
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"Des Moines Local History" . Iowa: Des Moines Public Library. Retrieved April 4, 2013 .
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"University of Iowa Libraries Collection Guides" . Iowa City, IA. Retrieved April 4, 2013 .
^ "Women's Press Club". The Midwestern . Des Moines. November 1906.
OCLC
5998808 .
^
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b
"Iowa Heritage Digital Collections" . State of Iowa. Retrieved April 4, 2013 .
^ Los Angeles Herald, Volume XXXI, Number 182, 29 March 1904
^
Des Moines City and Valley Junction Directory .
R.L. Polk & Co. 1910.
^
"50 U.S. Cities and Their Stories: Des Moines" , American Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919: a Digital Encyclopedia , University of Michigan, retrieved February 28, 2016 (includes timeline)
^
"Historic Theatre Inventory" . Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from
the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2013 .
^ "Des Moines Dim as Strike Closes 2 Light Plants", Milwaukee Sentinel , September 18, 1934
^
"ITA History" . Des Moines: Iowa Taxpayers Association.
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"Greater Des Moines Sister City Commission" . Office of the City Manager. Retrieved December 30, 2014 .
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"Iowa Genealogical Society" . Des Moines. Retrieved April 4, 2013 .
^
"Des Moines Rowing Club" . 25 March 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2013 .
^
"Mayor and Council" . City of Des Moines. Archived from
the original on January 23, 2003.
^ "D.M. City Hall debuts presence in cyberspace", Des Moines Register , November 3, 1997
^
"City of Des Moines" . Archived from
the original on 1998-05-12 – via Internet Archive,
Wayback Machine .
^
"Mayor and Council Members" . City of Des Moines. Archived from
the original on May 29, 2010.
^
"QuickFacts Des Moines city, Iowa" . US Census Bureau.
Bibliography
Published in the 19th century
Published in the 20th century
Des Moines Directory .
R.L. Polk & Co.
1903 ,
1917 ,
1920 ,
1921
Annual Report of the City of Des Moines , Des Moines City Council 1908-
The Des Moines Plan of City Government , Des Moines: City Council, 1908,
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14003588M
"Des Moines" .
Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 8 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 98.
Hunt (1910). Des Moines Beautiful .
Johnson Brigham (1911), Des Moines , Chicago: S.J. Clarke publishing company,
OCLC
1851917
Tacitus Hussey (1919), Beginnings: reminiscences of early Des Moines , Des Moines, Ia: American Lithograph and Ptg. Co.,
OCLC
3528149 ,
OL
22851234M
Federal Writers' Project (1938), "Des Moines", Iowa: a Guide to the Hawkeye State ,
American Guide Series , New York: Viking,
hdl :
2027/uc1.b4490617 {{
citation }}
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link ) . +
Chronology
Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Des Moines, IA", Encyclopedia of American Cities , New York:
E.P. Dutton ,
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4120668M
Historic Walking Tours of Des Moines, Iowa , Public Library of Des Moines, Iowa, 1982
Pratt (1990). From Cabin to Capital City .
"Great Plains: Iowa: Des Moines", USA ,
Let's Go , New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999,
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24937240M
Published in the 21st century
External links
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