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The following is a timeline of the
history of the city of
McAllen, Texas , USA.
20th century
1904 - West McAllen townsite established.
[1]
1905 - St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad begins operating.
[1]
1907 - East McAllen development begins.
[1]
1909
1910 - Population: 150.
[1]
1911
1916 - "12,000 soldiers...stationed in McAllen...during the period of border disturbances."
1918 - Casa de Palmas hotel built.
1920 - Population: 5,331.
1924 - Chamber of Commerce formed.
[7]
1925 - McAllen Municipal Hospital built.
[3]
1926 -
Reynosa-McAllen international bridge built.
[3]
1927 - Southern Pacific Railroad Depot opens.
1928 - First United Methodist Church built.
[1]
1933
Reynosa-McAllen bridge rebuilt.
[3]
Bandstand erected in Archer Park.
1934 - Collapse of Reynosa-McAllen bridge.
[3]
1935
Post Office built.
Quinta Mazatlan (residence) construction begins.
[8]
1936 - Deepwater
Port of Brownsville opens in vicinity of McAllen.
1940 - Queen Theater in business.
[9] [
chronology citation needed ]
1941 -
McAllen–Hidalgo–Reynosa International Bridge built.
[4]
1944 -
McAllen Public Library established.
1946 - "Civic center" built.
1947 -
KRIO (AM)
radio begins broadcasting.
[11]
1948
Cine El Rey (cinema) in business.
[9]
Discos Falcón (recording studio) in business.
[12]
[13]
1949 - Synagogue built.
[14]
1950 - Population: 20,067.
1952 -
Miller Airport opens.
1967 - September:
Hurricane Beulah occurs.
1970 -
Foreign trade zone established.
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[16]
1976 -
La Plaza Mall in business.
[1]
1977 -
Rosie Jimenez , also known as Rosaura Jimenez, is the first woman known to have died due to an illegal abortion after the
Hyde Amendment was passed.
[17]
[18] Jimenez died at age 27 in 1977 from an illegal abortion in McAllen, Texas.
[19]
1980 - Population: 66,281.
[1]
1987 - Phyllis Griggs was elected as the city's first female commissioner in 1987, and served until 2001.
[20]
1989 - September 21: "
Alton school bus accident. "
[3]
1992 - Las Tiendas Shopping Mall in business.
[3]
1993
1995 - City Hall rebuilt.
[1]
1997
1998 - Texas State Bank building constructed.
[1]
1999 - "Futuro McAllen" civic group formed.
[3]
2000
Green jay designated official city bird.
[3]
Population: 106,414.
21st century
See also
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