Timeline of Tucson, Arizona

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tucson, Arizona, USA.

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.

18th century

• 1732 - Mission San Xavier del Bac founded by Jesuits near present-day Tucscon.^[1]
• 1776 - Presidio San Augustin del Tucson (military outpost) established.^[1]
• 1779 - December 6: First Battle of Tucson.
• 1782
  • May 1: Second Battle of Tucson.
  • December 25: Third Battle of Tucson (1782).
• 1784 - March 21: Fourth Battle of Tucson, Sonora, New Spain.

19th century

• 1846 - December 16: Capture of Tucson, Sonora, Mexico, by United States forces.
• 1847 - Tucson occupied by "Mormon Battalion."^[2]
• 1848 - Population: 760.^[1]
• 1853 - Territory becomes part of the United States per Gadsden Purchase.^[1]
• 1856 - August 29: Conference held to organize Arizona Territory.
• 1857 - San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line in operation.
• 1862
  • February: Tucson occupied by Confederate forces.^[1]
  • May 20: Capture of Tucson by Union forces.^[1]
• 1863 - Tully, Ochoa & Co. merchandisers in business.^[3]
• 1866 - L. Zechendorf & Co. merchandisers in business.^[3]
• 1867 - Tucson becomes capital of Arizona Territory.^[1]
• 1869 - St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church built.^[2]
• 1870
  • Arizona Citizen newspaper begins publication.^[4]
  • J.S. Mansfield news depot in business.^[3]
• 1872
  • Public School department organized.^[2]
  • Population: 3,500 (estimate).^[2]
• 1873
  • San Diego-Tucson telegraph begins operating (approximate date).^[5]
  • Fort Lowell built near Tucson.^[1]
• 1875 - Estevan Ochoa elected mayor.
• 1876 - Pie Allen becomes mayor.
• 1877 - Town incorporated.^[1]
• 1878 - El Fronterizo newspaper begins publication.^[4][6]
• 1879
  • Arizona Daily Star newspaper begins publication.^[4]
  • Presbyterian Church built.^[2]
• 1880
  • Southern Pacific Railroad begins operating.^[2]
  • Tucson Library Association organized.^[2]
  • St. Mary's Hospital opens near town.^[2]
  • Population: 7,007.^[1]
• 1881
  • Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad begins operating.^[2]
  • Methodist Church built.^[2]
• 1882 - March 20: Wyatt Earp kills Frank Stilwell.
• 1883 - City chartered.^[1]
• 1891 - University of Arizona opens per Morrill Act;^[1] Old Main, University of Arizona built.
• 1893 - Arizona State Museum established.
• 1897 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson established; Cathedral of Saint Augustine (Tucson) built.

20th century

• 1900 - Population: 7,531.^[1]
• 1903 - Desert Laboratory founded.
• 1907 - Southern Pacific railway station built.
• 1910 - Population: 13,193.^[1]
• 1912 - City becomes part of new State of Arizona.
• 1919
  • City airfield established.
  • Hotel Congress in business.
• 1920 - Rialto Theatre (Arizona) opens.
• 1927
  • Charles Lindbergh visits city.
  • Temple of Music & Art built.^[7]
• 1928 - James A. Walsh United States Courthouse built.
• 1929
  • Pima County Courthouse and Consolidated National Bank building constructed.
  • Pioneer Hotel in business.
• 1930 - Fox Tucson Theatre and Plaza Theater (Tucson) open.
• 1933 - Henry Jaastad becomes mayor.^[8]
• 1940
  • Tucson Army Air Field established.
  • South Tucson incorporates as a city.
• 1941 - Davis–Monthan Air Force Base established.
• 1950 - Catalina Highway constructed.
• 1952 - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum founded.
• 1955
  • Don Hummel becomes mayor.
  • Southern Pacific 1673 train exhibit opens.
• 1956 - Tucson Air National Guard Base active.
• 1960
  • University of Arizona Poetry Center founded.
  • Old Tucson Studios theme park and El Con Mall in business.
• 1962 - Phoenix Title Building constructed.
• 1963 - Tucson International Airport begins operating.
• 1964 - Tucson Botanical Gardens founded.
• 1965 - DeGrazia Gallery built.
• 1967
  • University of Arizona College of Medicine and Reid Park Zoo founded.
  • Jim Corbett (politician) becomes mayor.
  • Tucson Federal Savings & Loan Association Building constructed.
• 1969 - Pima Community College established.
• 1971
  • Tucson Opera Company and Food Conspiracy Co-op^[9] founded.
  • Tucson Community Center built.
• 1975 - Center for Creative Photography established.
• 1976 - Pima Air & Space Museum established.
• 1977 - Bank of America Plaza (Tucson) built.
• 1978 - Arizona State Prison Complex – Tucson in operation.
• 1982
  • Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson in operation.
  • Tucson Mall and Casas Adobes Foothills Mall (Arizona) in business.
• 1984 - Channel 12 government access TV begins broadcasting (approximate date).^[10]
• 1985 - Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation established.^[8]
• 1986 - One South Church built.
• 1987 - Thomas Volgy becomes mayor.
• 1991
  • Biosphere 2 built.
  • George Miller (Arizona politician) becomes mayor.
• 1996
  • Goodricke-Pigott Observatory dedicated.
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson founded.
• 1998 - Park Place (Tucson, Arizona) shopping mall in business.
• 1999 - Bob Walkup becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2001 - Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater opens.
• 2004
  • La Encantada shopping center in business.
  • October 5: Murder of Brian Stidham.
• 2005
  • Jewish History Museum (Tucson) established.
  • Southern Arizona Transportation Museum dedicated.^[11]
• 2007
  • United States Penitentiary, Tucson in operation.
• 2010
  • Con-Nichiwa anime convention begins.
  • Population: 520,116.
• 2011
  • January 8: Shooting of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen others in Casas Adobes.
  • January 12: Barack Obama Tucson memorial speech.
  • May 5: Jose Guerena shooting.
  • November 8: Tucson mayoral election, 2011.
  • December 5: Jonathan Rothschild becomes mayor.^[12]
  • Casino Del Sol Hotel Tower and UniSource Energy Building constructed.
• 2013 - Armed Citizens Project active.^[13]

See also

• History of Tucson, Arizona
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Pima County, Arizona
• List of television stations in Tucson
• List of tallest buildings in Tucson
• Timeline of Mesa, Arizona
• Timeline of Phoenix, Arizona

References

Further reading

Published in the 19th century

• Patrick Hamilton (1881), "Chief Towns: Tucson", Resources of Arizona, Prescott, Ariz 
• Tucson and Tombstone General and Business Directory, for 1883 and 1884. 1883. 
• "(Tucson)", Appletons' General Guide to the United States and Canada: Western and Southern States, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1889 

Published in the 20th century

• Estelle M. Buehman (1911), Old Tucson: a hop, skip and jump history from 1539 Indian settlement to new and greater Tucson, Tucson, Ariz: State Consolidated Publishing Co., OCLC 12268599 
• George Wharton James (1917), "Old - Tucson - New", Arizona, the Wonderland, Boston: Page Company 
• "Tucson, Arizona". Automobile Blue Book. New York: Automobile Blue Book Publishing Co. 1919. 
• Federal Writers’ Project (1966). "Tucson". Arizona, the Grand Canyon State. American Guide Series (4th ed.). New York: Hastings House. p. 252+. OL 5989725M. 
• Rob Rachowiecki (1995), "Southeastern Arizona: Tucson", Southwest, Lonely Planet, OL 24220208M 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tucson, Arizona.

• Arizona State University Libraries. Items related to Tucson in the Hayden Arizona Collection
• Arizona Archives Online. Materials related to Tucson, various dates
• Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division. Materials related to Tucson, various dates
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Tucson, various dates

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