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Timeline of Mesa, Arizona

The following is a of the history of the city of Mesa, Arizona, United States.

Prior to 20th century

  • 1878 – Mormon settlers arrive.
  • 1883
  • Mesa City incorporated. The townsite's bounded by Broadway Road on the south, Mesa Drive on the east, University Drive on the north, & Country Club Drive on the west.
  • Alexander Findlay Macdonald becomes mayor.
  • 1892 – Mesa Free Press newspaper begins publication.
  • 1896 – Sirrine House built.

20th century

1900s–1960s

  • 1902 – Evans School for Boys opens; later renamed Mesa Ranch School
  • 1908 – Granite Reef Diversion Dam is completed; the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association permanently provides water for irrigation canals in Mesa from this point, replacing the earlier Mormon-lead efforts
  • 1909 – The original "Old Main" campus of Mesa High School opens
  • Mesa installs potable waterworks system
  • 1911 – Roosevelt Dam is completed, regulating the flow of the Salt River for the first time, and providing cheap electrical power to parts of Mesa
  • Mesa takes over irrigation system operation within incorporated city limits
  • 1915 – Mesa installs sanitary sewer system and septic tank tract at Riverview
  • 1917 – Mesa purchases existing gas and electric utilities from Dr. A.J. Chandler
  • 1921 – Mesa Welfare League founded.
  • 1923 – Mesa Tribune newspaper begins publication.
  • 1927 – Mesa Arizona Temple dedicated (first time).
  • 1928 – first production of the Mesa Arizona Easter Pageant
  • 1931 – Town area expanded.
  • 1937 – City Hall built.
  • 1941
  • U.S. Williams Air Force Base established.
  • British Flying Training School at Falcon Field active near Mesa
  • 1948
  • Mesa Country Club established.
  • Falcon Field becomes part of Mesa
  • 1949 – Modern wastewater treatment plant built at Riverview
  • 1950
  • KTYL-FM radio begins broadcasting.
  • Population: 16,790.
  • 1953 – General Motors Desert Proving Grounds opens
  • KTYL-TV (channel 12; the current day KPNX) launches. The NBC affiliate continues to be licensed to Mesa, but operates from Phoenix
  • Mesa celebrates 75th anniversary Diamond Jubilee
  • 10 million gallon Pasadena city reservoir completed
  • 1962 – Westwood High School opens
  • 1965 – Mesa Community College, and Adelante con Mesa established.
  • 1966 – An 18-year-old attacks the Rose-Mar College of Beauty, killing five people and injuring two others. The shooting is considered to be the first copycat mass shooting.
  • 1967
  • Regional Maricopa Association of Governments established.
  • Original "Old Main" building of Mesa High School burns to the ground
  • 1968
  • Tri City Mall in business.
  • KMND radio begins broadcasting.
  • City of Mesa takes over operations of Falcon Field

1970s–1990s

21st century

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