Timeline of Chattanooga, Tennessee

Last updated July 23, 2024

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.

19th century

1838 – Cherokee Nation removed from Chattanooga, marched out to 'Indian Territory' (now Oklahoma) on the 'Trail of Tears'
1840 – James Enfield Berry becomes mayor.^[1]
1849 – Western & Atlantic Railroad begins operating.^[2]
1851 – City chartered.^[2]^[3]
1854 – Nashville & Chattanooga Railway in operation.^[2]
1860 - Population: 2.545.^[3]
1862 – June: First Battle of Chattanooga.
1863
- September: Occupation by Union forces begins.^[2]
- November 24: Battle of Lookout Mountain.
- November 25: Battle of Missionary Ridge.
1866
- March: Occupation by Union forces ends.^[2]
- Chartered as a city.^[3]
1867 – March: The largest flood in the city's recorded history.
1869 – Chattanooga Times newspaper begins publication.^[4]
1870 - Population: 6,093.^[3]
1880 - Population: 12,892.^[3]
1882 – Walnut Street Temple dedicated.^[5]
1886 - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga established.^[3]
1890
- Walnut Street Bridge built.
- Population: 29,100.^[3]
1900 - Population: 30,154.^[3]

20th century

1905 – Chattanooga Public Library opens.
1906 - Lynching of Ed Johnson
1909 – Hixson High School founded.
1910 - Population: 44,604.^[3]
1917 – Market Street Bridge built.
1921 – Tivoli Theatre opens.^[6]
1923 – Chattanooga Theatre Centre founded.^[7]
1924 – Memorial Auditorium built.^[6]
1925 – WDOD radio begins broadcasting.^[8]
1930 – Population: 119,798.^[9]
1933 – Chattanooga Free Press newspaper begins publication.^[4]
1935 – Electric Power Board of Chattanooga established.
1937 – Chattanooga Zoo at Warner Park established.^[10]
1940 – Population: 128,163.^[9]
1950 – Population: 131,041.^[9]
1954 – WDEF-TV (television) begins broadcasting.^[11]
1956 – WRGP-TV (television) begins broadcasting.^[11]
1959 – Olgiati Bridge built.
1960 – Population: 130,009.^[9]
1961 – Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum founded.^[12]
1965 - Chattanooga State Community College established.
1972 – Twelve Tribes (religious group)^[13] and National Knife Museum^[12] founded.
1975 – Marilyn Lloyd becomes U.S. representative for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district.^[14]
1980 – Population: 169,565.^[9]
1983 – Chattanooga African-American Museum established.^[12]
1983-97 – Gene Roberts began city's longest term as mayor.
1984 – Veterans Memorial Bridge built.
1986 - Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences established.
1987 – Fellowship of Southern Writers headquartered in Chattanooga.
1989 – Federal judge ordered change in city governance to city council system to allow for more demographically-correct African-American political representation in City Council (Brown vs. Board of Commissioners of the City of Chattanooga)
1992 – Tennessee Aquarium opened.^[10]
1995 – International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum established.
1997
- City website online (approximate date).^[15]^{[ chronology citation needed ]}
- Jon Kinsey elected mayor.
1999 – Chattanooga Times Free Press newspaper in publication.

21st century

2001 – Bob Corker elected mayor.
2005
- Hunter Museum of American Art building expanded.
- Ron Littlefield elected mayor.
2009 - Ron Littlefield re-elected mayor.
2010
- Electric Power Board's one gigabit per second Internet service began.
- Population: 167,674.^[16]
2011
- Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant began operating.
- Chuck Fleischmann elected U.S. representative for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district.^[17]
2013 – Andy Berke elected mayor.
2015 – Lone-wolf terrorist shooting, killed five military members and injuring three others.
2017 – Andy Berke re-elected mayor.
2021 – Tim Kelly becomes mayor.

References

↑ "History of Mayors". Chattanooga.gov. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 Federal Writers' Project 1939.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Britannica 1910.
1 2 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
↑ "Chattanooga, Tennessee". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life . Retrieved March 4, 2014.
1 2 "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
↑ "American Association of Community Theatre" . Retrieved March 4, 2014.
↑ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Tennessee", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
1 2 3 4 5 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
1 2 Vernon N. Kisling, Jr., ed. (2001). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
1 2 Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Tennessee", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
1 2 3 American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Tennessee: Chattanooga". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. p. 758. ISBN 0759100020.
↑ James R. Lewis (2002), Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions (2nd ed.), Prometheus Books, ISBN 9781573928885
↑ "Tennessee". Official Congressional Directory. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1977. hdl:2027/uc1.31158002391372.
↑ "City of Chattanooga". Archived from the original on 1997-05-30 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
↑ "Chattanooga (city), Tennessee". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 18, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack . Washington, D.C. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

"Chattanooga". Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1860-61. Nashville: John L. Mitchell. 1860.
R.H. Long (1863), "Chattanooga", Hunt's Gazetteer of the Border and Southern States, Pittsburgh, Pa.: John P. Hunt
Melville, Herman; Alden, Henry Mills (1868), "Chattanooga, and How We Held It", Harper's New Monthly Magazine , vol. 36, hdl:2027/njp.32101064075607
Joseph Buckner Killebrew; Tennessee Bureau of Agriculture (1874), "East Tennessee: Hamilton County: Chattanooga", Introduction to the Resources of Tennessee, vol. 1, Nashville: Tavel, Eastman & Howell
"Chattanooga". Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Nashville: R.L. Polk & Company. 1876.
Z. Harrison (1878), "Chattanooga", Description of the Cincinnati Southern Railway from Cincinnati to Chattanooga, Cincinnati: Spencer & Craig, OCLC 13741078
J.E. MacGowan (1893). "Chattanooga, Tennessee". East Tennessee: Historical and Biographical. Chattanooga, Tenn.: A.D. Smith & Co. hdl:2027/wu.89077948958. ISBN 9781403500816.
"Chattanooga", Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to the Southeastern States, Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1899 – via Internet Archive

Published in the 20th century

Thomas E. Murray (1906), Chattanooga, the Mountain City, Chattanooga, Tenn: Chattanooga & Tennessee River Power Co., OCLC 13851806, OL 6969382M
"Chattanooga" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 6 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 7–8.
Municipal Record, City of Chattanooga. 1911-
Susie McCarver Webster (1915), Historic City, Chattanooga, Chattanooga: McGowan-Cooke, OCLC 11074742, OL 6583618M
Federal Writers' Project (1939), "Chattanooga", Tennessee: a Guide to the State, American Guide Series, New York: Viking, pp. 251–269, hdl:2027/mdp.39015066068928 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
Tennessee Historical Records Survey (1940), "Hamilton County (Chattanooga)", Directory of Churches, Missions, and Religious Institutions of Tennessee, no. 33, Nashville
James W. Livingood (1981). Joy Bailey Dunn (ed.). Hamilton County. Tennessee County History Series. Memphis State University Press. OCLC 6820526. (Includes information about Chattanooga)

Published in the 21st century

Eric W. Allison; Lauren Peters (2010). "Revitalizing Downtown Case Study: Chattanooga, Tennessee". Historic Preservation and the Livable City. John Wiley & Sons. p. 112+. ISBN 978-0-470-90073-4.
"Bounding Back: The Chattanooga Story", MetroTrends, Washington DC: Urban Institute, 2011

External links

Chattanooga Public Library. Local History
Items related to Chattanooga, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
Bibliography of Tennessee Bibliographies: Local History, Nashville: Tennessee Secretary of State

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[mayors-1] "History of Mayors". Chattanooga.gov. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[FOOTNOTEFederal_Writers'_Project1939-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Federal Writers' Project 1939.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Britannica 1910.

[LOC-4] 1 2 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[ISJL-5] "Chattanooga, Tennessee". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life . Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[LHAT-6] 1 2 "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[AACT-7] "American Association of Community Theatre" . Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[Alicoate1939-8] Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Tennessee", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636

[census1998-9] 1 2 3 4 5 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998

[Kisling2001-10] 1 2 Vernon N. Kisling, Jr., ed. (2001). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.

[Alicoate1960-11] 1 2 Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Tennessee", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206

[aaslh2002-12] 1 2 3 American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Tennessee: Chattanooga". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. p. 758. ISBN 0759100020.

[Lewis2002-13] James R. Lewis (2002), Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions (2nd ed.), Prometheus Books, ISBN 9781573928885

[14] "Tennessee". Official Congressional Directory. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1977. hdl:2027/uc1.31158002391372.

[15] "City of Chattanooga". Archived from the original on 1997-05-30 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.

[quickfacts2010-16] "Chattanooga (city), Tennessee". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 18, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[GovTrack-17] Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack . Washington, D.C. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

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