Timeline of Shreveport, Louisiana

Last updated December 09, 2024

The following is a timeline 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.^[1]
1837 – Shreve Town Company begins selling plots of land.^[1]
1838 – Shreve Town becomes seat of newly formed Caddo Parish.^[2]^[3]
1839
- Town of Shreveport incorporated.^[4]^[1]
- John Octavius Sewall elected mayor.^[5]
1841 – Caddo Gazette newspaper begins publication.^[6]
1847 – Burial ground established.^[7]
1850
- Population: 1,728.
- Brewer's Hall built (approximate date).^[8]
1852 – South-Western newspaper begins publication.^[6]
1853 – Yellow fever outbreak.^[1]
1858 – Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad begins operating.^[1]
1860 – Population: 2,190.
1861 – St. Mary's Convent founded.^[8]
1863 – Shreveport designated Louisiana Confederate capital (until 1865).^[8]^[9]
1866 – Charity Hospital established.^[10]
1870 – Population: 4,607.
1871
- Shreveport becomes a city.^[4]
- Daily Shreveport Times newspaper begins publication.^[6]
- Crisp's Gaiety Theater built.^[8]
1873
- Dallas-Shreveport railway in operation.^[8]^[1]
- Yellow fever outbreak.^[1]^[11]
1879 – Shreveport Daily Standard newspaper begins publication.^[6]
1880
- First Presbyterian Church built.^[8]
- Population: 8,009.
1886 – Grand Opera House built.^[8]
1887 – Shreveport Waterworks Pumping Station built.
1890
- Shreveport Library Association formed.^[12]
- Population: 11,979.^[4]
1895 – Evening Judge newspaper in publication.^[6]
1896 – Holy Trinity Catholic Church rebuilt.^[8]
1899 – Genevieve Orphanage established.^[4]
1900 – Population: 16,013.^[4]

20th century

1901 – People's Library established.^[12]
1902 – Shreveport Journal newspaper in publication.^[6]
1905 – Agudath Achim Synagogue dedicated.^[13]
1906 – Oil discovered at Caddo Lake in vicinity of Shreveport.^[14]
1907 – Nearby Bossier City incorporated.^[10]
1909 – Centenary College of Louisiana relocated to Shreveport from Jackson.
1910
- Schumpert Memorial Hospital^[4] and Chamber of Commerce^[15] established.
- Population: 28,015.^[4]
1912 – United States Post Office and Courthouse built.^[8]
1915 – Traffic Street Bridge built.^[10]
1920 – Population: 43,874.
1922
- Shreveport Art Club active.^[15]^[16]
- Shriners Hospitals for Children opened.
1923 – Public library built.^[17]
1925 – Strand Theatre built.^[18]
1926
- KWKH radio begins broadcasting.
- Caddo Parish courthouse built.^[8]
1927 – Dodd College established.^[14]
1928
- KRMD and KTBS radio begin broadcasting.^[19]
- Woman's Auxiliary to the Shreveport Medical Society formed.^[20]
1929 – Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium built.
1930
- East Texas Oil Field discovered in vicinity of Shreveport.^[8]
- Population: 76,655.
1931 – Shreveport Downtown Airport begins operating.^[2]
1933 – U.S. military Barksdale Airfield dedicated.^[21]
1934 – Long–Allen Bridge opens.^[2]
1935 – Rodessa oil field discovered in vicinity of Shreveport.^[8]
1940 – Population: 98,167.^[22]
1948
- U.S. military Barksdale Air Force Base active.
- KWKH's Louisiana Hayride radio programme begins broadcast.
1950
- Shreveport metropolitan area was started
- Population: 127,206.^[22]
1952 – North Louisiana Historical Association established.
1954 - KSLA-TV (television) begins broadcasting.^[23]
1955 - KTBS-TV (television) begins broadcasting.^[23]
1960
- Shreveport metropolitan area Added Bossier Parish
- Population: 164,372.^[22]
1965 - LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport opened.
1967 – Louisiana State University in Shreveport opens.
1970 – Population: 182,064.^[22]
1972 – Quail Creek Cinema in business.^[18]
1973 - Shreveport metropolitan area Added Webster Parish
1977 – Pioneer Heritage Center and Spring Street Historical Museum founded.^[24]
1980 – Population: 205,820.^[22]
1981 – General Motors plant begins operating in Shreveport.
1983 - Shreveport metropolitan area Removed Webster Parish
1986
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Shreveport established.^[25]
- Commercial National Bank Tower (hi-rise) built.
1988 – Jim McCrery becomes U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.^[26]^{[ relevant? ]}
1990 – Population: 198,525.^[22]
1993 - Shreveport metropolitan area Redded Webster Parish
1994
- Stephens African American Museum founded.^[24]
- Harrah's casino built.
1998
- Keith Hightower becomes mayor.^[5]^{[ relevant? ]}
- City website online (approximate date).^[27]^{[ chronology citation needed ]}

21st century

2003
- Shreveport – Bossier City metropolitan area Replaced Webster Parish to De Soto Parish
2004 – Convention Center built.^[2]
2006 – Cedric Glover becomes first African-American in city elected mayor.^[5]^{[ relevant? ]}
2009 – John Fleming becomes U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.^[28]^{[ relevant? ]}
2010 – Population: 199,311.^[29]
2014 – Ollie Tyler becomes first African-American woman in city elected mayor.^[5]^{[ relevant? ]}
2023
- October 25: Mike Johnson is elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first U.S. Congressman from Louisiana to hold this position.

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References

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1 2 3 4 Hellmann 2006.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Britannica 1910.
1 2 3 4 "Listing of the Mayors of Shreveport". City of Shreveport, Louisiana. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
↑ Patti Underwood. "Oakland Cemetery: Timeline" . Retrieved July 2, 2016– via Louisiana State University Shreveport, Noel Memorial Library.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Federal Writers' Project 1941.
↑ Acts passed by the Sixth Legislature of the state of Louisiana: at its extra session, held in the city of Shreveport, on the 4th of May, 1863, Laws, etc, Shreveport: Printed at the Caddo Gazette Office, 1863
1 2 3 Plummer 2000.
↑ R.J. Miciotto (1973). "Shreveport's First Major Health Crisis – 1873". Journal . 4. North Louisiana Historical Association. ISSN 0739-005X.
1 2 "Who We Are: History". Shreveport: Shreve Memorial Library. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
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1 2 Federal Writers' Project 1941, p. 693: "Chronology"
1 2 Noel Memorial Library. "Archives Database". Louisiana State University Shreveport. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
↑ Louise Patton (1982). "Shreveport Art Club". Journal . 13. North Louisiana Historical Association. ISSN 0739-005X.
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↑ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Louisiana", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
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↑ Jumonville 2002.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
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Bibliography

published in 19th century

"Shreveport". Rand McNally Official Railway Guide and Hand Book for the United States and the Dominion of Canada. 1884.
"Shreveport" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 21 (9th ed.). 1886. p. 843.
George E. Waring, Jr.; Department of the Interior, Census Office (1887), "Louisiana: Shreveport", Report on the Social Statistics of Cities: Southern and the Western States, Washington DC: Government Printing Office, pp. 296–300
"Caddo Parish". Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana. Nashville: Southern Publishing Company. 1890.

published in 20th century

F.H. Richardson (1905). "Shreveport, Louisiana". Richardson's Southern Guide. Chicago: Monarch Book Company – via Internet Archive.
"Shreveport" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 1015.
Alcée Fortier (1914), "Shreveport", Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, Century Historical Association
Federal Writers' Project (1941). "Shreveport". Louisiana: a Guide to the State. American Guide Series. NY: Hastings House. hdl:2027/uc1.$b727648. ISBN 9780403021697 – via HathiTrust.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) + Chronology
Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Shreveport, LA", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
Marguerite R. Plummer; Gary D. Joiner (2000). Historic Shreveport-Bossier: An Illustrated History of Shreveport and Bossier City. San Antonio: Historical Publishing Network. ISBN 978-1-893619-08-1.

published in 21st century

Florence M. Jumonville (2002). "Caddo Parish". Louisiana History: An Annotated Bibliography. Greenwood. pp. 401–486. ISBN 978-0-313-28240-9.
Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Louisiana: Shreveport". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Routledge. pp. 441–442. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
Gary D. Joiner; Ernie Roberson (2010). Lost Shreveport: Vanishing Scenes from the Red River Valley. Charleston, SC: History Press. ISBN 978-1-59629-856-9.

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[FOOTNOTEWaring1887-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Waring 1887.

[FOOTNOTEHellmann2006-2] 1 2 3 4 Hellmann 2006.

[3] Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Louisiana: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library . Retrieved July 2, 2016.

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

[mayors-5] 1 2 3 4 "Listing of the Mayors of Shreveport". City of Shreveport, Louisiana. Retrieved July 2, 2016.

[LOC-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved July 2, 2016.

[7] Patti Underwood. "Oakland Cemetery: Timeline" . Retrieved July 2, 2016– via Louisiana State University Shreveport, Noel Memorial Library.

[FOOTNOTEFederal_Writers'_Project1941-8] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Federal Writers' Project 1941.

[9] Acts passed by the Sixth Legislature of the state of Louisiana: at its extra session, held in the city of Shreveport, on the 4th of May, 1863, Laws, etc, Shreveport: Printed at the Caddo Gazette Office, 1863

[FOOTNOTEPlummer2000-10] 1 2 3 Plummer 2000.

[11] R.J. Miciotto (1973). "Shreveport's First Major Health Crisis – 1873". Journal . 4. North Louisiana Historical Association. ISSN 0739-005X.

[shreve-lib-12] 1 2 "Who We Are: History". Shreveport: Shreve Memorial Library. Retrieved July 2, 2016.

[13] "Shreveport, Louisiana". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life . Retrieved July 2, 2016.

[FOOTNOTEFederal_Writers'_Project1941693-14] 1 2 Federal Writers' Project 1941, p. 693: "Chronology"

[LSUS-archives-15] 1 2 Noel Memorial Library. "Archives Database". Louisiana State University Shreveport. Retrieved July 2, 2016.

[16] Louise Patton (1982). "Shreveport Art Club". Journal . 13. North Louisiana Historical Association. ISSN 0739-005X.

[17] Shreve Memorial Library Chronology, Shreveport, 1951 – via Shreve Memorial Library's Administrative Archives{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[cinema-18] 1 2 "Movie Theaters in Shreveport, LA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 2, 2016.

[Alicoate1939-19] Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Louisiana", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636

[handbook-nwla-20] "Handbook of North Louisiana Online". Shreveport: Northwest Louisiana Archives. Retrieved July 2, 2016.

[FOOTNOTEJumonville2002-21] Jumonville 2002.

[census1998-22] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998

[Alicoate1960-23] 1 2 Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Louisiana", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206

[aaslh2002-24] 1 2 American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Louisiana: Shreveport". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0759100020.

[katolsk-25] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved July 2, 2016.

[26] "Louisiana". Official Congressional Directory: 101st Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1989. hdl:2027/mdp.39015024653415.

[27] "City of Shreveport, Louisiana Home Page". Archived from the original on 1998-01-10 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.

[GovTrack-28] Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack . Washington, D.C. Retrieved June 30, 2016.

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