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The following is a timeline of the
history of the city of
Wichita Falls, Texas, USA.
- 1879 - Barwise family settles in area.
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- 1880 - Population: 433.
- 1881 - First United Methodist Church built.
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- 1882 - Fort Worth and Denver City railroad begins operating.
- 1883 - First Baptist Church founded.
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- 1886 - Drought begins.
- 1887 - Wichita Weekly Times
newspaper begins publication.
[5]
- 1889
- Town of Wichita Falls incorporated.
- Otis T. Bacon becomes mayor.
[6]
- 1890 - Population: 1,978.
[7]
- 1896 - "Lynching of two bank robbers."
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- 1900
- 2010
- Glenn Barham becomes mayor.
[6]
- Population: 104,553.
[22]
- Racially-motivated shooting spree kills one and injures four others, before the suspect committed suicide.
[23]
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e Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr.
"Wichita Falls, TX". Handbook of Texas Online.
Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
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"A Very Short History of Wichita Falls". City of Wichita Falls. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
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"Texas Historic Sites Atlas". Austin:
Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
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"US Newspaper Directory".
Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
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"Mayors of Wichita Falls". City of Wichita Falls. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
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"City Population History from 1850–2000: Wichita Falls", Texas Almanac, Texas State Historical Association
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Handbook of Texas Libraries, Houston: Texas Library Association, 1908,
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HathiTrust
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"Wichita Falls Time Line". City of Wichita Falls. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
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"Movie Theaters in Wichita Falls, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
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"Texas: West Texas". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi:
Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
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^ Betty Holland Wiesepape (2004).
Lone Star Chapters: The Story of Texas Literary Clubs. Texas A&M University Press.
ISBN
978-1-58544-324-6.
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^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939),
"Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Texas", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily,
OCLC
2459636
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"United States TV Stations: Texas", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964,
OCLC
7469377 – via Internet Archive
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"Wichita Falls, TX Tornadoes (1900-Present)". Norman, Oklahoma:
National Weather Service. Retrieved April 13, 2017. (Chronological list)
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"About". Wichita Falls Area Food Bank. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
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"Texas Food Banks". Food Bank Locator. Chicago:
Feeding America. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
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"Texas".
Official Congressional Directory. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1995.
hdl:
2027/uc1.l0099748295 – via
HathiTrust.
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"City of Wichita Falls, Texas Home Page". Archived from
the original on November 28, 1999 – via Internet Archive,
Wayback Machine.
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^ Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.).
"United States of America: Texas". Official City Sites. Utah.
OCLC
40169021. Archived from
the original on August 24, 2000.
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"Wichita Falls city, Texas". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
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"Wichita Falls gunman who killed 1, wounded 4 yelled 'white power,' witness says | Texas | Dallas News". Dallas News. 2010-04-22. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
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^ Forester, Samantha.
"7th anniversary of shooting rampage in Wichita Falls". Retrieved 2017-05-11.
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"Wichita Falls". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. St. Louis:
R.L. Polk & Co. 1884.
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"Wichita Falls". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1890.
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"Wichita Falls". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1914.
- Ellis A. Davis; Edwin H. Grobe, eds. (1926).
"(Wichita Falls)". New Encyclopedia of Texas. Dallas: Texas Development Bureau. pp. 103–106. circa 1926?
- Jonnie R. Morgan, The History of Wichita Falls (Wichita Falls, 1931)
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Federal Writers' Project (1940),
"Wichita Falls", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State,
American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House,
hdl:
2027/mdp.39015002677667 – via HathiTrust
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- Duty, Michael (1982). Wichita Falls: A Century of Photographs. Wichita Falls: Midwestern State University Press.
- Kelly, Louise (1982). Wichita County Beginnings. Burnet, Texas: Eakin Press.
- Wilson, Steve (1982). Wichita Falls: A Pictorial History. Norfolk, Virginia: Donning.
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Wishart, David J., ed. (2004).
"Cities and Towns: Wichita Falls, Texas". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press.
ISBN
0-8032-4787-7.
- Kenneth E. Hendrickson Jr. (2009).
Wichita Falls. Images of America. Arcadia.
ISBN
978-1-4396-4625-0.
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