Timeline of Chattanooga, Tennessee
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.
- This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
19th century
- 1840 - James Enfield Berry becomes mayor.[1]
- 1849 - Western & Atlantic Railroad begins operating.[2]
- 1851 - City chartered.[2]
- 1854 - Nashville & Chattanooga Railway in operation.[2]
- 1862 - June: First Battle of Chattanooga.
- 1863
- September: Occupation by Union forces begins.[2]
- November 24: Battle of Lookout Mountain.
- November 25: Battle of Missionary Ridge.
- 1866 - March: Occupation by Union forces ends.[2]
- 1869 - Chattanooga Times newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1882 - Walnut Street Temple dedicated.[4]
20th century
- 1905 - Chattanooga Public Library opens.
- 1909 - Hixson High School founded.
- 1917 - Market Street Bridge built.
- 1921 - Tivoli Theatre opens.[5]
- 1923 - Chattanooga Theatre Centre founded.[6]
- 1924 - Memorial Auditorium built.[5]
- 1933 - Chattanooga Free Press newspaper begins publication.[3]
- 1935 - Electric Power Board of Chattanooga established.
- 1959 - Olgiati Bridge built.
- 1961 - Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum founded.[7]
- 1972 - Twelve Tribes (religious group)[8] and National Knife Museum[7] founded.
- 1975 - Marilyn Lloyd becomes U.S. representative for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district.[9]
- 1983 - Chattanooga African-American Museum established.[7]
- 1984 - Veterans Memorial Bridge built.
- 1992 - Tennessee Aquarium opens.
- 1995 - International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum established.
- 1997 - Jon Kinsey becomes mayor.
- 1999 - Chattanooga Times Free Press newspaper in publication.
21st century
- 2001 - Bob Corker becomes mayor.
- 2005
- Hunter Museum of American Art building expanded.
- Ron Littlefield becomes mayor.
- 2010
- Electric Power Board's one gigabit per second Internet service begins.
- Population: 167,674.[10]
- 2011
- Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant begins operating.
- Chuck Fleischmann becomes U.S. representative for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district.[11]
- 2013 - Andy Berke becomes mayor.
See also
- History of Chattanooga, Tennessee
- List of mayors of Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Timeline of Memphis, Tennessee
- Timeline of Nashville, Tennessee
- Timeline of Knoxville, Tennessee
References
- ↑ "History of Mayors". Chattanooga.gov. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Federal Writers' Project (1939), "Chattanooga", Tennessee: a Guide to the State, American Guide Series, New York: Viking, pp. 251–269
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Chattanooga, Tennessee". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ↑ "American Association of Community Theatre". Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Tennessee: Chattanooga". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). p. 758. ISBN 0759100020.
- ↑ James R. Lewis (2002), Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions (2nd ed.), Prometheus Books, ISBN 9781573928885
- ↑ "Tennessee". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1977.
- ↑ "Chattanooga (city), Tennessee". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
Further reading
- Published in the 19th century
- "Chattanooga". Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1860-61. Nashville: John L. Mitchell.
- R.H. Long (1863), "Chattanooga", Hunt's Gazetteer of the Border and Southern States, Pittsburgh, Pa.: John P. Hunt
- "Chattanooga, and How We Held It", Harper's New Monthly Magazine 36, 1868
- Joseph Buckner Killebrew (1874), "East Tennessee: Hamilton County: Chattanooga", Introduction to the Resources of Tennessee 1, Nashville: Tavel, Eastman & Howell
- Z. Harrison (1878), "Chattanooga", Description of the Cincinnati Southern Railway from Cincinnati to Chattanooga, Cincinnati: Spencer & Craig, OCLC 13741078
- J.E. MacGowan (1893). "Chattanooga, Tennessee". East Tennessee: Historical and Biographical. Chattanooga, Tenn.: A.D. Smith & Co.
- Published in the 20th century
- "Chattanooga", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- Thomas E. Murray (1906), Chattanooga, the Mountain City, Chattanooga, Tenn: Chattanooga & Tennessee River Power Co., OCLC 13851806
- Susie McCarver Webster (1915), Historic City, Chattanooga, Chattanooga: McGowan-Cooke, OCLC 11074742
- Tennessee Historical Records Survey (1940), "Hamilton County (Chattanooga)", Directory of Churches, Missions, and Religious Institutions of Tennessee (Nashville) (33)
- Published in the 21st century
- Eric W. Allison; Lauren Peters (2010). "Revitalizing Downtown Case Study: Chattanooga, Tennessee". Historic Preservation and the Livable City. John Wiley & Sons. p. 112+. ISBN 978-0-470-90073-4.
- "Bounding Back: The Chattanooga Story", MetroTrends (Washington DC: Urban Institute), 2011
External links
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Coordinates: 35°02′44″N 85°16′02″W / 35.045556°N 85.267222°W