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Timeline of Shreveport, Louisiana

The following is a of the history of the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, United States.

19th century

  • 1836 – Shreve Town Company organized; named for Henry Miller Shreve, one of its members.
  • 1837 – Shreve Town Company begins selling plots of land.
  • 1838 – Shreve Town becomes seat of newly formed Caddo Parish.
  • 1839
  • Town of Shreveport incorporated.
  • John Octavius Sewall elected mayor.
  • 1841 – Caddo Gazette newspaper begins publication.
  • 1847 – Burial ground established.
  • 1850
  • Population: 1,728.
  • Brewer's Hall built (approximate date).
  • 1852 – South-Western newspaper begins publication.
  • 1853 – Yellow fever outbreak.
  • 1858 – Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad begins operating.
  • 1860 – Population: 2,190.
  • 1861 – St. Mary's Convent founded.
  • 1863 – Shreveport designated Louisiana Confederate capital (until 1865).
  • 1866 – Charity Hospital established.
  • 1870 – Population: 4,607.
  • 1871
  • Shreveport becomes a city.
  • Daily Shreveport Times newspaper begins publication.
  • Crisp's Gaiety Theater built.
  • 1873
  • Dallas-Shreveport railway in operation.
  • Yellow fever outbreak.
  • 1879 – Shreveport Daily Standard newspaper begins publication.
  • 1880
  • First Presbyterian Church built.
  • Population: 8,009.
  • 1886 – Grand Opera House built.
  • 1887 – Shreveport Waterworks Pumping Station built.
  • 1890
  • Shreveport Library Association formed.
  • Population: 11,979.
  • 1895 – Evening Judge newspaper in publication.
  • 1896 – Holy Trinity Catholic Church rebuilt.
  • 1899 – Genevieve Orphanage established.
  • 1900 – Population: 16,013.

20th century

21st century

See also

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