TIMELINE OF HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS IN GARLAND’S HISTORY

 
 
1885
            Mar. 6  - Pres. Cleveland appoints A. H. Garland Atty. Gen.
 
1887
            Jan.  7 - Old Duck Creek business district burns
            Apr. 8 - The Duck Creek News, forerunner of  The (original) Garland News, debuts
            Dec. 9 - Embree post office renamed Garland
 
1891
            Apr.18 - Garland gets corporate charter
 
1899
            Jan.  26 - A. H. Garland dies in Washington
            Nov. 30 - Fire razes downtown Garland
 
1900    (Census pop. 819)
 
1901
            Jan. 7 - Voters create GISD by 49 to 5
            Jul. 25 - Santa Fe opens new depot
 
1902
            Sept.22 - Garland High School inaugurated on 9th St.
 
1910    Census pop. 965)
 
1915
            Aug. 2 -Texas Power & Light Co. franchised for electricity
 
1918
            Sept.26 - J. D. Cabaniss becomes 1st WWI casualty
 
1920    (Census pop. 1421)
 
1923
            Apr. 1 - City electric and water service begins
 
1924
            Sept. 4 - Constable Lige Harris dies after shootout
 
1926  
            Apr. 1 - First Nat’l. Bank robbed of $4, 541.25
 
1927
            May 9 - Cyclone hits Garland, kills 14
 
1930    (Census pop. 1584)
 
1933
            Mar. 4 - State Nat’l Bank closed for Bank Holiday
            Mar.17 - State Nat’l., Garland’s only bank, reopens
            Mar. 26 - Fountain dedicated to 18 lost in WWI 
            Jul.1  - Roach Feed and Grocer Co. opens
            Aug. 6 - 18th Amend’t. fails 173 to 121; local beer 121to 63 
            Dec. 23 - Nicholson Memorial Library loans 1st book
 
1936
            Jul.  7 - Beer loses 438/335 in pct.vote 1937
            May 8 - GHS entrant wins city’s 1st state track & field title
 
1938
            Apr. 19 - Roy Rogers in town to plug movie
 
1940    (Census pop. 2233)
 
1941
            Apr. 4 - Plaza Theater opens on the square
            Apr. 6 - Phone system converted to automatic dial
            Dec. 7 - W. E. Marshall, Jr. becomes 1st WWII casualty
 
1942
            Feb. 20 - GHS wins city’s 1st bi-dist. basketball title
 
1944
            Mar.1 - Home mail delivery begins
            Aug. 5 - Pct. liquor vote fails 578/400 1945
            Jul. 1 - Work begins on Luscombe plant
 
1946
            Jan. 16 - The Garland School burns
            Je. 5 - Jaycees organized
            Je. 28 - Locals adopt Malmedy, Belgium for war relief
            Sept. 1-1st Jaycee Labor Day Celebration
            Sept.30 - City Bus Lines begins service to Dallas
 
1948
            Jan. 10 - City acquires 50-acre Central Park site
            Sept.24 - Jim Bob Groves becomes 1ST polio fatality
            Dec.21 - KRLD towers fall
 
1949
            May 7 - GHS player nets city’s 1st state singles tennis title
            Je. 13 - Duck Creek floods, kills 5
            Aug. 13 - Lions Club offers free DDT
 
1950    (Census pop.10,291)
            Mar. 11 -Pkg. meters set downtown for 1-yr. Trial
            Apr. 7 - Garland Rd. Drive-in Theater opens
            Apr.18 - Oilwell Supply breaks ground on Forest Ln.
            Oct. 22 - Garland phone numbers gain 5th digit
            Dec. 11 - Garland Junior High opens on Ave. D
 
1951
            Je.    18 - Garland police get 2-way radios
            Oct.  18 -Home Rule city charter approved
            Dec. 18 - 1st Plan Commission named
 
1952
            Je. 21 - Swimming pool debuts in Central Park
 
1954
            Oct. 7 - First game in Williams Stadium won by Owls’ B-Team
 
1956
            Dec.22  - GHS wins city’s 1st football title
 
1957
            Je. 1- GHS win’s city’s 1st reg’nl. Baseball championship
 
1959
            Sept.15 - Garland-Mills Cemetery Found’n established
 
1960    (Census pop. 38,501)
 
1967
            Oct 28 - Olinger electric plant dedicated
 
1968
            Apr.18 - Garland Civic Theater chartered
 
1970    (Census pop. 86,402)
 
1974
            Aug. 11 - NGHS gymnast wins city’s 1st national title 
            Sept. 29  - Landmark Museum dedicated
 
1976
            Dec. 11 - SGHS runner wins city's 1st state cross-country title 
 
1977
            Apr. 2 - City voters approve single-member districts
 
1978
            Apr. 22 - NGHS wins city's 1st state gymnastics team title
 
1980    (Census pop. 138,857)
 
 
1982
            Je. 5 - Performing Arts Center ribbon cut
 
1983
            Apr. 2 - Jim Culp elected 1st black councilman
 
1989
            Nov.15 - Officer Gerald Walker killed in traffic stop
 
1990    (Census pop. 180,650)
            Jan. 19  -Tornado hits Club Hill neighborhood.
 
1997
            Feb. 15 - Officer David Moore killed ank heist
 
1998
            Mar. 31 - Church group predicts godly visit on Ridgedale
            Sept .2- Officer Ronnie Lerma becomes traffic fatality20
 
2000    (Census pop. 215, 768)
 
2001
            Feb. 4 -The Dallas Morning News axes The (original) Garland News
            Feb. 8- The Dallas Morning News debuts The  Garland Morning News section
            Mar.1- Garlandonline.com
 
2002
            Nov. 18 - Dart rail service begins
 
2005
            May 7 - Voters OK off-premise beer,wine sales by 6:4 mixed drinks in  restaurants by 7:3
            Aug. 18 -The Dallas Morning News axes The Garland Morning News section.
 
2006
            Apr. 6 - The (new) Garland News debuts
            Je. 3   - GHS wins 1st Class 5A Girl's Softball Championship

 

 

 

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