Timeline of Des Moines, Iowa#21st century

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Des Moines, Iowa, US.

19th century

1843 - Fort Des Moines U.S. Army post established.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1846
Fort Des Moines becomes seat of Polk County.
Subscription schools open "in cabins along Raccoon Row."{{cite book |title=Bicentennial Reflections-History of the Des Moines Public Schools 1846-1976 |url=http://www.iowaheritage.org/browse }}
1848 - Woodland Cemetery established as Fort Des Moines Cemetery{{cite web|title=Des Moines Municipal Cemeteries - Cemetery Highlights |url=https://www.dmgov.org/Departments/Parks/Pages/Cemeteries.aspx?Tab=Cemetery+Highlights |website=City of Des Moines Parks and Recreation |access-date=May 11, 2017 }}
1849 - Iowa Star newspaper begins publication.
1850 - Population: 502
1851
Flood of 1851.
September 22: Town incorporated.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1853 - Benjamin Luce elected mayor.{{sfn|Dixon|1876}}
1854 - Western Stage Company begins operating.{{Citation |publisher = Iowa State Historical Society |location = Davenport, Iowa |title = Annals of Iowa |date = 1873 }}
1855 - Brass Band formed.{{sfn|Dixon|1876}}
1856 - Iowa Weekly Citizen newspaper begins publication.{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?state=Iowa&county=&city=Des+Moines&rows=50&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=April 4, 2013 }}
1857
Iowa state capital relocated to Des Moines from Iowa City.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
City chartered.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1858 - Bridge built over Des Moines River at Court Avenue.
1860 - Population: 3,965
1861 - Western Union Telegraph begins operating.{{sfn|Dixon|1876}}
1865 - Hook and Ladder fire company organized.{{sfn|Dixon|1876}}
1866
August: Railroad begins operating.{{sfn|Bushnell|1879}}
Des Moines Library Association organized.{{sfn|Dixon|1876}}
1867
April: Flood.{{citation |title=New York Times |date=April 18, 1867 }}
State Arsenal built.{{sfn|Dixon|1876}}
1870
Polk County Woman's Suffrage Association organized.{{sfn|Dixon|1876}}
Capital City Nurseries in business.{{sfn|Bushnell|1888}}
Population: 12,035
1872 - Caledonian Club organized.{{sfn|Dixon|1876}}
1874 - Younker Brothers Department Store in business.
1875 - June: State Republican Convention held.{{citation |title=New York Times |date=July 1, 1875 }}
1878 - Cottage Hospital opens.{{sfn|Bushnell|1879}}
1880 - Populatiton: 22,408
1881 - Drake University established.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1883 - Foster Opera House built.{{sfn|Public Library|1982}}
1884 - Capital City commercial college founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1885 - Des Moines Women's Club founded.{{cite web|url=http://www.desmoineswomensclub.com/club-history/|title=Des Moines Women's Club|access-date=April 4, 2013}}
1886 - Iowa State Capitol built.
1888 - William Lytle Carpenter elected mayor.{{Citation |publisher = Lake City Publishing Co. |date = 1890 |location = Chicago |title = Portrait and biographical album of Polk County, Iowa |ol = 23326400M}}
1889 - Des Moines Zoological Gardens opens.{{cite web |url=http://dmlocalhistory.wordpress.com/ |title=Des Moines Local History |publisher=Des Moines Public Library |location=Iowa |access-date=April 4, 2013}}
1890
Highland Park College founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
Population: 50,093.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1893 - Sisters of Mercy from Davenport, Iowa open first hospital in Des Moines. Begin in temporary quarters at Hoyt Sherman Place. First permanent hospital opened at 4th and Ascension Streets, north of downtown, in 1895
1895
Grand View College founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
Young Women's Christian Association founded.
1896 - Women's Press Club{{cite journal |title=Women's Press Club |journal=The Midwestern |date= November 1906 |location=Des Moines |oclc=5998808 }} and Proteus Club{{cite web |url=http://collguides.lib.uiowa.edu/search.php |title=University of Iowa Libraries Collection Guides |location=Iowa City, IA |access-date=April 4, 2013}} founded.
1898 - S.S. Still College of Osteopathy founded.
1900 - Population: 62,139.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}

20th century

1901 - Fort Des Moines re-established.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1902 - Register and Leader newspaper in publication.
1904 - George W. Mattern, Republican, was elected mayor of Des Moines (March 28) over W. L. Carpenter, DemocratLos Angeles Herald, Volume XXXI, Number 182, 29 March 1904
1906 - Polk County Courthouse and The Lexington (apartment building) constructed.
1907 - New city charter and plan adopted.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}{{sfn|City Council|1908}}
1910
Hotel Cargill in business.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/1910DesMoinesAndPolkCountyIowaCityDirectory/1910cd#page/n27/mode/2up |title=Des Moines City and Valley Junction Directory |publisher=R.L. Polk & Co. |year=1910 }}
Population: 86,368.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1914 - Billy Robinson flies from Des Moines to Kentland, Indiana.{{cite web |url= http://www.iowaheritage.org/browse |title=Iowa Heritage Digital Collections |publisher=State of Iowa |access-date=April 4, 2013}}
1915 - Riverview Park (amusement park) opens.
1917 - Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School active.
1918 - 1918 influenza epidemic.{{citation |url=http://www.influenzaarchive.org |encyclopedia=American Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919: a Digital Encyclopedia |title= 50 U.S. Cities and Their Stories: Des Moines |publisher=University of Michigan |access-date=February 28, 2016 }} (includes timeline)
1920
Des Moines League of Women Voters founded.
Population: 126,468
1923
Ground-breaking for Salisbury House; property completed in 1928
Hoyt Sherman Place Theatre built.{{cite web |url=http://www.lhat.org/historictheatres/theatre_inventory.aspx |title=Historic Theatre Inventory |location=Maryland, USA |publisher=League of Historic American Theatres |access-date=April 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721130121/http://www.lhat.org/historictheatres/theatre_inventory.aspx |archive-date=July 21, 2013 }}
1924 - Equitable Building constructed.
1930 - Population: 142,559
1931 - Allen Hazen Water Tower built.
1933 - Des Moines Airport built.
1934 - September: Labor strike.{{citation |title=Des Moines Dim as Strike Closes 2 Light Plants |date=September 18, 1934 |work=Milwaukee Sentinel }}
1935 - Iowa Taxpayers Association headquartered in Des Moines.{{cite web |publisher=Iowa Taxpayers Association |location=Des Moines |title=ITA History |url= http://www.iowataxpayers.org/en/about_us/ita_history/ }}
1940 - Population: 159,819
1950 - Population: 177,965
1955 - Veterans Memorial Auditorium opens.
1958 - Sister city relationship established with Kofu, Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.dmgov.org/Departments/CityManager/Pages/SisterCityCommission.aspx|title=Greater Des Moines Sister City Commission|publisher=Office of the City Manager|access-date=December 30, 2014 }}
1959 - Merle Hay Mall in business.
1960 - Population: 208,982
1965 - Iowa Genealogical Society founded.{{cite web |url=http://iowagenealogy.org/?page_id=4121 |title=Iowa Genealogical Society |location=Des Moines |access-date=April 4, 2013}}
1966 - Blank Park Zoo opens.
1970 - Population: 201,404
1972 - Gateway Dance Theatre founded.
1973 - Financial Center built.
1975 - Ruan Center built.
1978 - Fire in Merle Hay Mall.
1980 - Population: 191,003
1981 - Des Moines Marriott Hotel built.
1983 - Des Moines Rowing Club organized.{{cite web |url=http://desmoinesrowing.org/about-2/ |title=Des Moines Rowing Club |date=25 March 2012 |access-date=April 4, 2013}}
1985
Sister city relationships established with Shijiazhuang, China and Saint-Étienne, France.
Plaza Building constructed.
1986 - HUB Tower built.
1990 - Population: 193,187
1991 - 801 Grand built.
1992
Sister city relationship established with Stavropol, Russia.
Sec Taylor Stadium (now known as Principal Park) opens
1994 - Iowa Barnstormers begin play
1997
Preston Daniels becomes mayor.

{{cite web

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| title = Mayor and Council

| publisher = City of Des Moines

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030123085611/http://www.dmgov.org/mayor_council/council/daniels.htm

| url-status = dead

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EMC Insurance Building constructed.
Des Moines Dragons basketball team formed.
City website online.{{citation |work=Des Moines Register |date=November 3, 1997 |title=D.M. City Hall debuts presence in cyberspace }}{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19980512022205/http://www.ci.des-moines.ia.us/ |url= http://www.ci.des-moines.ia.us/ |archive-date= 1998-05-12 |title= City of Des Moines |via= Internet Archive, Wayback Machine }}
2000 - Population: 197,800

21st century

2004 - Frank Cownie (D) elected mayor.

{{cite web

| url = http://www.dmgov.org/Government/CityCouncil/Pages/CouncilMembers.aspx

| title = Mayor and Council Members

| publisher = City of Des Moines

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100529172749/http://www.dmgov.org/Government/CityCouncil/Pages/CouncilMembers.aspx

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = May 29, 2010

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2005 - Wells Fargo Arena officially opens.
2006 - Sister city relationship established with Province of Catanzaro, Italy.
2010 - Population: 203,433.{{cite web | url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/1921000,00 | title = QuickFacts Des Moines city, Iowa | publisher = US Census Bureau }}
2020 - Population: 214,133

References

Bibliography

;Published in the 19th century

{{Citation |publisher = State Register, printer |location = Des Moines |author = J. M. Dixon |title = Centennial History of Polk County, Iowa |date = 1876

| ref = {{harvid|Dixon|1876}}

|ol = 23285398M }}

{{cite EB9 |wstitle = Des Moines |volume= 7 | page= 130 |short= 1}}
{{cite book |url=http://wwyw.archive.org/stream/1879DesMoinesAndPolkCountyIowaCityDirectory/1879cd#page/n73/mode/2up |title=Bushnell's Des Moines City Directory |year=1879

| ref = {{harvid|Bushnell|1879}}

}}

{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/1888DesMoinesAndPolkCountyIowaCityDirectory/1888cd#page/n47/mode/2up |title=Bushnell's Des Moines City Directory |year=1888

| ref = {{harvid|Bushnell|1888}}

}}

{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/1891DesMoinesAndPolkCountyIowaCityDirectory/1891cd#page/n3/mode/2up |title=Bushnell's Des Moines City Directory |year=1891 }}
{{Citation |publisher = Iowa Historical Illustrative Co. |date = 1896 |location = Des Moines |title = Des Moines Illustrated Souvenir |ol = 23294047M}}

;Published in the 20th century

{{cite book |title=Des Moines Directory |publisher=R.L. Polk & Co. }} [https://archive.org/stream/1903DesMoinesAndPolkCountyIowaCityDirectory/1903cd#page/n7/mode/2up 1903], [https://archive.org/stream/1917DesMoinesAndPolkCountyIowaCityDirectory/1917cd#page/n21/mode/2up 1917], [https://archive.org/stream/1920DesMoinesAndPolkCountyIowaCityDirectory/1920cd#page/n23/mode/2up 1920], [https://archive.org/stream/1921DesMoinesAndPolkCountyIowaCityDirectory/1921cd#page/n21/mode/2up 1921]
{{citation |publisher=Des Moines City Council |title=Annual Report of the City of Des Moines }} 1908-
{{Citation |publisher = City Council |location = Des Moines |title = The Des Moines Plan of City Government |date = 1908

| ref = {{harvid|City Council|1908}}

|ol = 14003588M }}

{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Des Moines |volume= 8 | page = 98 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
{{cite book |title=Des Moines Beautiful |author=Hunt |year=1910 }}
{{Citation |publisher = S.J. Clarke publishing company |location = Chicago |title = Des Moines |author = Johnson Brigham |date = 1911 |oclc = 1851917 }}
{{Citation |publisher = American Lithograph and Ptg. Co. |location = Des Moines, Ia |title = Beginnings: reminiscences of early Des Moines |author = Tacitus Hussey |date = 1919 |oclc = 3528149 |ol = 22851234M }}
{{Citation |location = New York |publisher=Viking |title = Iowa: a Guide to the Hawkeye State |author = Federal Writers' Project |date = 1938 |chapter=Des Moines |series=American Guide Series

| ref = {{harvid|Federal Writers' Project|1938}}

|hdl=2027/uc1.b4490617 |author-link=Federal Writers' Project }}. + [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b4490617?urlappend=%3Bseq=583 Chronology]

{{Citation |publisher = E.P. Dutton |location = New York |title = Encyclopedia of American Cities |date = 1980 |ol=4120668M |editor=Ory Mazar Nergal |chapter=Des Moines, IA

}}

{{citation |title=Historic Walking Tours of Des Moines, Iowa |year=1982 |publisher=Public Library of Des Moines, Iowa |url=https://archive.org/stream/HistoricWalkingToursOfDesMoinesIowa/historictoursfull#page/n0/mode/2up

| ref = {{harvid|Public Library|1982}}

}}

{{cite book |author=Pratt |title=From Cabin to Capital City |year=1990 }}
{{Citation |publisher = St. Martin's Press |location = New York |series = Let's Go |title=USA |date = 1999 |ol=24937240M |chapter=Great Plains: Iowa: Des Moines }}

;Published in the 21st century

Friedericks, William B. Covering Iowa: The History of the Des Moines Register and Tribune Company, 1849-1985 (Iowa State University Press, 2000), 318 pp.
{{cite web |title=From the Real to the Ideal: Images of Des Moines in the Progressive Era |author=John Zeller |year=2005 |publisher=Drake University |url= http://www.lib.drake.edu/heritage/odm/article.html }}

External links

{{cite web |publisher=Des Moines Public Library |url=http://www.pldminfo.org/search/localhistory/timeline.html |title=Des Moines Timeline |location=Iowa }}
[http://dp.la/search?utf8=✓&page_size=100&q=des+moines+iowa Items related to Des Moines], various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).

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