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• Arlington Convention Center

Simmy27star (talk) 01:29, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

7-27-2020 Getting more in the hang of it, please don't delete content for not having sources!! I will find my original sources and fix it up. My brain could only take one thing at a time haha. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Simmy27star (talk • contribs) 05:30, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need to re-find sources for:

• 1884 – Arlington incorporated in April of that year.
• 1891 – Rice Wood Collins, a successful merchant, starts public well campaign for access to water.
• 1896 –
  • William W. McNatt, a merchant and farmer, sells a portion of his farm to sell lots for burial. Many Arlington pioneers are buried thereafter.
• 1900 –

William C. Weeks becomes mayor.

20th Century----

• 1903 –
  • Texas Legislative Act created the Arlington ISD. Local schools are taken over by the City of Arlington from Carlisle Military Academy.
  • Berachah Industrial Home for the Redemption of Erring Girls opens.
• 1904 –

The city forms its first high school, and grades 8-11 met at South Side School.

• 1905 – First high school class graduates in Arlington
• 1906 –

William C. Weeks becomes mayor again.

• 1920 –
  • Population: 3,031.
  • Arlington adopts a home rule city charter.
• 1921 –

The highway from Dallas to Arlington is widened and carries interstate traffic through the center of the city.

• 1923 - Arlington Cemetery Association is chartered, taking care of Arlington Cemetery.
• 1927 – William Green Hiett becomes mayor of Arlington for the second time.

• 1929 –

W. J. Pulley opens Pulley Footware.

• 1930 – U.S. Census shows Arlington population at 3,700.
• 1932 – O.S. Gray founded a pecan nursery on West Division Street. He develops and makes five varieties of pecan trees.
• 1933 –

Texas state legislature grants Arlington Downs the first legal parimutuel betting permit.

• 1938 –
  • The interurban rail line serving Arlington ceases operations on Christmas Eve.
• 1940 – Population: 4,240.
• 1943 - Tom J. Vandergriff, Arlington's future revolutionary mayor, graduates from Arlington High School.
• 1949 –

The city adopts the city manager form of government.

• 1950 - Population: 7,692.
• 1952 –

Sister city relationship established with Bad Königshofen, Germany.

• 1953 – The city takes over the public library from Tarrant County.
• 1956 –
  • Arlington High School moves to its second location on Park Row and Cooper.
  • Old Arlington High School building becomes Ousley Jr. High
  • Thornton Elementary School opens.
• 1958 –

Vandergriff family donates land that becomes Arlington Memorial Hospital

• 1959 – The first candidates for a four-year bachelor's degree enroll at Arlington State College.
• 1960 – Population: 44,775.
• 1963 –

Sam Houston High School opens.

• 1968 – AISD sells the old Arlington High School/Ousley Jr. High building to UTA, and the School of Social Work opens.
• 1970 –

Forum 303 Mall and Six Flags Mall open. Lamar High School opens. Population: 90,643.

• 1972 –

Texas Rangers baseball team based in city.

• 1973 –
  • Central Library moves to its first Abram Street location.
  • Theatre Arlington opens.
  • Bowie High School opens.
• 1974 – Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Airport opens.
• 1976 – A monument for the famous Central St. Well is created in front of the George W. Hawkes Central Library's first location.

1979 – The Oakridge School opens. 1982 – Martin High School opens. 1987 – Richard Greene becomes mayor, increasing funding for police and fire departments, developed plans for a new Texas Rangers ballpark, and led road construction programs. 1988 – River Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit 501 (c)(3), is formed as a public/private partnership with City of Arlington Parks and Recreation Department. 1989 – Mount Olive Baptist Church is rebuilt at 402 N. West St. 1991 – Tom J. Vandergriff is induced into the Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame. 1994 – The Ballpark in Arlington opens. Richard Greene Linear Park opens in honor of the mayor. 1996 – Amber Hagerman is abducted and killed after riding her bike on Abram Street, and the Amber alert is established and named after her. 1997 – Elzie Odom becomes Arlington's first African-American mayor, focusing on expanding education as well as theater and arts in downtown. 1999 – Elzie Odom Athletic Center opens at 1601 N.E. Green Oaks Boulevard.

21st century-------

2001 –Eastern Star Home closes facilities. 2002 – Mansfield Summit High School and Seguin High School open. 2003 – Robert Cluck becomes mayor. 2004 – Mansfield Timberview High School established. 2006 – Arlington celebrates its 135th birthday. 2007 - The Highlands shopping district opens. 2009 – Cowboys Stadium opens. 2012 – University of Texas's College Park Center opens. 2013 – Former Eastern Star Home is demolished. Arlington becomes the Fall location for retro gaming convention Retropalooza. 2017 – AISD opens the Dan Dipert Career and Technical Center after it was approved in a 2014 bond. 2018 – George W. Hawkes Central Library second location celebrates its grand opening. Arlington Convention Center re-opens as Esports Stadium Arlington & Expo Center, the largest dedicated esports facility in North America. 2020 – Globe Life Field celebrates a delayed opening for AISD high school graduation, and a few months later for a crowdless MLB game.