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Timeline of the history of Midland, Texas, United States
The following is a timeline of the
history of the city of
Midland, Texas , USA.
19th century
1884 - Midland Post Office established.
[1]
1885 -
Midland County created.
1886 - First Baptist Church founded.
[3]
1888 - Midland Reporter newspaper begins publication.
[4]
20th century
21st century
2010 - Population: 111,147.
[18]
2014 - Jerry Morales becomes mayor.
[15]
2019 - A
spree shooting occurs in Midland and nearby
Odessa , killing eight including the gunman and injuring another 25.
[19]
See also
References
^
a
b John Leffler.
"Midland, TX" . Handbook of Texas Online .
Texas State Historical Association . Retrieved April 10, 2017 .
^
a
b
"Texas Historic Sites Atlas" . Austin:
Texas Historical Commission . Retrieved April 10, 2017 .
^
"Texas" . American Newspaper Annual & Directory . Philadelphia:
N. W. Ayer & Son . 1922.
hdl :
2027/umn.31951001295695n .
^ Edward A. Blackburn (2006).
Wanted: Historic County Jails of Texas . Texas A&M University Press.
ISBN
978-1-58544-498-4 .
^
a
b
c
d
"City Population History from 1850–2000" , Texas Almanac , Texas State Historical Association
^
"About Us" . Midland Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved April 10, 2017 .
^
"US Newspaper Directory" .
Chronicling America . Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 10, 2017 .
^
"Movie Theaters in Midland, TX" . CinemaTreasures.org . Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2017 .
^ American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Texas".
Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira.
ISBN
0759100020 .
^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939),
"Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Texas" , Radio Annual , New York: Radio Daily,
OCLC
2459636
^
"Heritage Park" . Midland Center for the Arts. Retrieved April 10, 2017 .
^
a
b
"United States TV Stations: Texas" , Yearbook of Radio and Television , New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964,
OCLC
7469377 – via Internet Archive
^ Sarah Ross.
"Midland County Public Library: a History" . Retrieved April 10, 2017 – via Sutori. (Timeline)
^
a
b
"The more things change the more they stay the same" , Midland Reporter-Telegram , Hearst Communications Inc., March 23, 2015, Midland Mayoral Summit
^
"Www.ci.midland.tx.us" . City of Midland. Archived from
the original on April 28, 1999 – via Internet Archive,
Wayback Machine .
^ Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.).
"United States of America: Texas" . Official City Sites . Utah.
OCLC
40169021 . Archived from
the original on August 24, 2000.
^
"Midland city, Texas" . QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 10, 2017 .
^ Dennis Romero; Andrew Blankstein; Tom Winter (August 31, 2019).
"5 dead, 21 injured after motorist opens fire in Odessa, Texas" . NBC News. Retrieved August 31, 2019 .
Bibliography
"Midland County" . Texas Almanac . Dallas: A.H. Belo & Company. 1912.
"Midland" . Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory . Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1914.
Dickinson Weber (1958), Comparison of Two Oil City Business Centers (Odessa-Midland, Texas , University of Chicago
John Howard Griffin (1959). Land of the High Sky: History of Midland County of West Texas from 1849 to the Present . First National Bank of Midland.
OCLC
731414735 .
Robert H. Ryan; Leonard G. Schifrin (1959), Midland: The Economic Future of a Texas Oil Center , Austin: University of Texas Bureau of Business Research,
OCLC
1073160
Roger M. Olien and Diana Davids Olien. Oil Booms: Social Change in Five Texas Towns. University of Nebraska Press, 1982. (About McCamey, Midland, Odessa, Snyder, Wink)
Pioneer History of Midland County, Texas, 1880-1926 . Dallas. 1984.
OCLC
12262730 .{{
cite book }}
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link )
David J. Wishart , ed. (2004).
"Cities and Towns: Midland, Texas" . Encyclopedia of the Great Plains . University of Nebraska Press.
ISBN
0-8032-4787-7 .
Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Texas: Midland". Historical Gazetteer of the United States . Taylor & Francis.
ISBN
1-135-94859-3 .
James Collett (2010).
Midland . Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia.
ISBN
9781439639696 .
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