Timeline of Reno, Nevada

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Reno, Nevada, United States.

19th century

1868
- Reno founded; named after Union Army officer Jesse Lee Reno.^[1]
- Reno Crescent newspaper begins publication.^[2]
1870 – Population: 1,035.
1871 – Washoe County seat relocated to Reno from Washoe City.^[3]
1872 – Virginia and Truckee Railroad in operation.
1873
- Fire.^[1]
- Court House built.^[3]
1874 – Nevada State Journal newspaper begins publication.^[2]

1874– University of Nevada founded

1877 – Bridge rebuilt.^[3]
1879 – Town incorporated.^[1]
1882 – Nevada and Oregon Railroad begins operating.
1885 – Riverside Hotel in business.
1886 – Nevada State University relocated to Reno from Elko.^[4]
1894 – 20th Century Club for women organized.
1900 – Population: 4,500.

20th century

1900s–1940s

1901 – Reno attains city status.^[1]
1904
- Nevada Historical Society established.^[5]
- Carnegie Free Public Library opens.^[6]
1905 – Virginia Street Bridge rebuilt.
1907
- Reno Commercial Club incorporated.^[3]
- City Hall rebuilt.^[3]
- Richard Kirman, Sr. becomes mayor.
- University of Nevada's Mackay School of Mines established.^[4]
1910
- July 4: Jeffries-Johnson boxing match held.
- Washoe County Courthouse and Bethel AME Church built.
- Population: 10,867.^[3]
1911 – YMCA building dedicated.^[3]
1913 – Divorce residence requirement: one year.^[7]
1922 – Nevada Public Economy League headquartered in Reno.^[8]
1923 – Edwin E. Roberts becomes mayor.
1925 – Empire Theatre opens.^[9]
1926 – Southern Pacific Railroad depot and Reno Arch built.
1927
- Transcontinental Highway Exposition held; California Building constructed.^[10]
- Divorce residence requirement: three months.^[7]
1928 – State Theatre opens.^[9]
1929 – Hubbard Field (airfield) and Odd Fellows Building constructed.
1930 – Population: 18,529.
1931
- Gambling legalized.^[4]
- Divorce residence requirement: six weeks.^[7]
- Nevada Art Gallery founded.
- Washoe County Library building opens.^[11]
- El Cortez Hotel in business.^[10]
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno established.^[12]
1933 – Reno Main Post Office built.
1935 – Reno Little Theater founded.^[13]
1936
- Southside School Annex built.^[10]
- Harold's Club founded.^[7]
1937 – Harrah's Entertainment (bingo parlor) in business.
1939 – First Church of Christ, Scientist built.^[10]
1942 – Reno Army Air Base in operation.

1950s–1990s

1953 – KZTV television and KNEV radio begin broadcasting.
1957 – February 5: Gas explosion.
1959 – Desert Research Institute established.
1960
- Airport terminal built.
- Population: 51,470.
1962 – Club Cal Neva casino in business.
1964 – Reno Air Races begin.
1966 – Downtown Library opens.^[11]
1967 – Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts built.
1969 – Reno Philharmonic Orchestra formed.^[14]
1970 – Population: 72,863.
1971 – Peppermill Reno in business.
1972 – Atlantis Casino Resort in business.
1973 – Eldorado Reno in business.
1974 – Reno Chamber Orchestra established.^[14]
1976 – Fitzgeralds Casino in business.
1977 – National Reno Gay Rodeo active.
1978 – Meadowood Mall, Circus Circus Casino, and MGM Grand Reno casino in business.
1980 – Population: 100,756.
1981 – Nevada School of Law at Old College founded.
1982
- Balloon Race begins.
- Reno Pops Orchestra formed.
1983
- Reno Gazette-Journal newspaper in publication.
- KNPB television and KRNV-FM radio begin broadcasting.
1984 – University of Nevada's School of Journalism established.
1985
- January 21: Airplane crash.
- University of Nevada, Reno Arboretum established.
- December 23: Judas Priest fans James Vance and Raymond Belknap shoot themselves in a suicide pact.
1989 – Sierra Safari Zoo opens.
1990 – Population: 133,850.
1992
- Nevada Humanities Chautauqua established.^[15]
- Reno Air begins operating.
1995
- National Bowling Stadium opens.
- Silver Legacy Reno in business.
1997 – Great Basin Bird Observatory founded.
1999
- Reno–Tahoe Open golf tournament begins.
- Artown nonprofit active.^[16]
2000
- City website online (approximate date).^[17]^{[chronology citation needed]}
- Population: 180,480.

21st century

2002 – Bob Cashell becomes mayor.
2003 – Fictional Reno 911! television series begins national broadcast.
2004
- Sierra Foundation established.^[18]^[19]
- Reno River Fest begins.^[20]
2005 – Great Basin Community Food Co-op founded.^[21]
2006
- March 14: Pine Middle School shooting.
- Battle Born Derby Demons (rollerderby league) established.
2008 – April: 2008 Reno earthquakes.
2010
- Stewie deemed world's longest domestic cat.^[22]
- Population: 225,221; metro 425,417.
2011 – September 16: Reno Air Races crash.
2014 – Hillary Schieve becomes mayor.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Federal Writers' Project 1957: "Reno"
^ ^a ^b "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Davis 1913.
^ ^a ^b ^c Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Mass., USA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, OCLC 3832886, OL 5812502M
^ "Nevada Historical Society". Carson City, NV: Nevada Division of Museums and History. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
^ American Library Annual, 1917–1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. pp. 7 v.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Price 1972.
^ "History". Nevada Taxpayers Association. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Movie Theaters in Reno, NV". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "City of Reno Register of Historic Places". City of Reno. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Washoe County Library. "Library History". Washoe County, Nevada – Official Website. Archived from the original on August 19, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved May 30, 2015.
^ "American Association of Community Theatre". Retrieved November 6, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "History of the Reno Phil". Reno Philharmonic Association. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
^ "Programs". Nevada Humanities. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
^ Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei, ed. (9 May 2013). "Reno, Nevada". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
^ "Official City of Reno Site". Archived from the original on 2000-05-11 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
^ "About Us". Reno: Sierra Foundation. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
^ Pluralism Project. "Reno, Nevada". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
^ "Reno Enlists Paddles, Not Poker, for a Rebirth". New York Times. June 12, 2005.
^ "NCGA Co-ops: Nevada". Iowa: National Cooperative Grocers Association. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
^ "World's longest cat Stewie dies at eight in Reno, Nevada". BBC News. February 5, 2013.

Bibliography

Published in 19th century

John F. Uhlhorn, ed. (1873), "Reno Directory", Virginia and Truckee Railroad Directory, 1873–74, Sacramento: H.S. Crocker & Co.
George A. Crofutt (1880). "Reno". Crofutt's New Overland Tourist, and Pacific Coast Guide. Overland Publishing Company.

Published in 20th century

"Reno, the Refuge of Restless Hearts". Munsey's Magazine. 42. 1909.
Sam P. Davis, ed. (1913), "Washoe County: Reno", History of Nevada, Reno, Nevada: Elms Publishing Co., OCLC 7990365
Directory of Reno and Sparks. Reno: Nevada Directory Publishing Company. 1915.
Willis Thomas Lee; Ralph Walter Stone; Hoyt Stoddard Gale (1916). "Reno". Guidebook of the Western United States. Government Printing Office.
"Points of Interest in Reno, Nev.". Automobile Blue Book. New York: Automobile Blue Book Publishing Co. 1919.
"Reno". Travel. 39. New York: Robert M. McBride & Co. 1922.
Federal Writers' Project (1957), "Reno", Nevada: A Guide to the Silver State, American Guide Series, Portland, Or.: Binfords & Mort, hdl:2027/mdp.39015048749454 + Chronology
John A. Price (1972). "Reno, Nevada: The City as a Unit of Study". Urban Anthropology. 1 (1): 014–028. JSTOR 40552854.