1890 - JHB buys land. Houston pop. 27,000. Pas pop. 0. Dallas 38,000. San Antonio 37,000. Galveston 29,000.
1893 - Jan. 30, 20 Ac. to John Richey (First land sale in new community).
1894 - First school house was built, "the Academy."
1895 - Feb 14.8 deg., 20" snow in Houston, 24" in Deer Park.
1896 - May, plat filed. Methodist organized in Deepwater.
1897 - Bailey, Coolidge & Ben Williams families arrive.
1898 - First school census, 24 white & 3 negro.
- Mar. 26, Pasadena Independent School District (PISD) election 23 for, 0 against.
- Methodist move to Pasadena, Baptist organize in Deepwater.
1899 - Feb. 8 degrees, Snow drifts 10' in Galveston, Galveston Bay froze over.
- June 15, final official formation of PISD.
1900 - Pasadena pop. approx. 200 (20 families). Houston pop. 44,000. Galveston pop. 36,000. La Porte pop. 537.
- Sept. "Galveston Hurricane," 7,200 die (6,000 on Galveston Island). 1.5 million strawberry plants introduced by
Clara Barton of the American Red Cross.
1901 - Pomeroys move to Pasadena.
1902 - First telephone (located at Guinn's Post Office).
1903 - Baptist Church built (cost $600, value $1,000).
1904 - Methodist buy land for church.
1905 - School moved to Broad Way (facing Shaver) from Wafer at Shaw (5th).
- Two mercantile stores open (Dickerson and Tilley)
1906 - Crown Hill Cemetery established (Payson Pomeroy first person buried).
1907 - Methodist Church built, cost $2,300.
1908 - June 12 - Aug. 2, Pomeroy House built
1909 - Clyde McMaster (later mayor) moves to Pasadena.
1910 - Pasadena pop. approx 500. Houston pop. 78,800.
- Brick school house built, now facing Broad Way street.
- Assembly of God organized (Apostolic).
- South Houston platted
- First Airplane flight in Texas (S. Houston, Louis Paulham).
1914 - Houston Ship Channel established, Port of Houston (1841).
1915 - Hurricane in August.
- hand pull ferry across Buffalo Bayou (future Houston Ship Channel.)
1917 - Allen Ranch sold to Sinclair interest for refinery (now Lyondell-Citgo)
- Ellington Air Base built.
- First service station in Pasadena (Hargrave's)
- Nov. - World War I over
1918 - Sinclair refinery begins construction.
1919 - Crown Refinery groundbreaking.
- June, Pasadena State Bank and Guaranty State Bank both open in Pasadena
- construction begins on Humble (now Exxon) Refinery in Baytown
1920 - Pasadena pop. approx 1,000. Houston pop. 138,276.
- June, first incorporation map proposed, includes new industries.
- First brick commercial building, Guaranty State Bank, still standing, corner 225 feeder & Munger..
1921 - Motorized ferry replaces hand pulled one (current location of Washburn Tunnel).
- Hoof & Mouth disease (1921-22)
- Pasadena State Bank consolidates Guaranty State Bank in.
1922 - electricity comes to Pasadena.
1923 - Pasadena incorporated with a vote of 50 vs. 0.
1924 - Pasadena High School built.
- Aug, H L & P Deepwater plant built.
- Nov, city unincorporates.
- Dec 1, worst freeze in 20 years, 80,000 cattle froze.
1927 - Natural gas comes to Pasadena.
- Dec, Vote to incorporate again, fails 63 v. 71.
1928 - Aug, telephone exchange established in Pasadena, listed as separate section in Houston telephone book.
- Dec, vote to re-incorporate passes, 102 v. 94.
1929 - Conrad elected mayor, speed trap reputation, $10,700 in fines.
- First city newspaper.
- First bond issue, $120,000 for water, sewer, street & city hall.
- Jun, Phillips Petroleum plant construction starts.
- Aug, Shell Refinery opens in Deer Park.
- Sept, Whoopee built .
- Oct. 29, Stock Market Crash, Great Depression begins.
1930 - Pasadena pop. 1,647. Houston pop. 292,352.
1933 - Feb, record cold 17 degrees.
- June, record high 101 degrees.
- July, Mexican Baptist Church organized.
- Bank Holiday.
1935 - South Houston & Genoa school districts consolidates into PISD.
1936 - Cullinan leases land to Champion Paper Co. (now Simpson Paper).
- Memorial Baptist Church organized, builds first brick sanctuary in Pasadena.
- Texas Centennial.
- Construction begins on San Jacinto Monument.
- Oct, Pasadena Rotary Club organized.
1937 - Presbyterian church organized.
- Feb 14, Champion Paper mill opens.
- Jackson Jr. High built.
- First hospital, Pasadena Clinic & Hospital opens (Dr. E. E. Conners).
- First movie house (Rita/Pasadena Theater, now Norman Furniture).
- Methodist build new brick sanctuary ($12,000 with 400 members).
1938 - Episcopals organize.
1939 - Lighted new football stadium built behind high school.
- San Jacinto Monument completed ($1.5 million). Also Sun Dial dedicated.
1940 - Pasadena pop. 3,436. Houston pop. 384,514.
1941 - Library moves to City Hall.
- John Campbell buys Baldwin property on Southmore.
- Dec, US declares war on Japan after Pearl Harbor raid.
1942 - First Rodeo.
- Houston Shipbuilding hires 20,000 employees.
- Brown Shipbuilding.
- San Jacinto Shipbuilding (Todd Shipyard, Pasadena side, sold to Phillips in 1948).
- Lutherans organize.
1943 - Goodyear opens.
- July, Hurricane hits La Porte.
1944 -
1945 - Dec, Jensen Arcade opens, first public auditorium.
- First home mail delivery (or 1946?).
- Mathison Chemical opens.
1947 - Sam Hoover elected Mayor (serves one 2 yr term).
- April 16, Texas City Disaster (500 killed)
- Dec, Pasadena Citizen begins.
- Pasadena Savings & Loan started (Bank United today).
- Pasadena State Bank builds new brick building on Shaw at Munger.
1948 - Washburn Tunnel work begins (opens 1950).
- Battleship U. S. S. Texas docked permanently at San Jacinto Battlegrounds.
- Corrigan Center opens.
1949 - Sears buys land from John Campbell.
- Nov. 19, Capitan Theater opens at Corrigan Center.
1950 - Pasadena pop. 22,483.
- May, Washburn Tunnel opens.
- Sears opens.
1952 - First National Bank opens on Shaw.
1954 - First Baptist Church moves to Tatar Street.
- South Main Baptist is formed.
1956 - Taylore Hall moved frm Memorial Park to 112 S. Randall (behind the ice house)
1957 - Memorial Baptist builds new sanctuary on Main St.
- New City Hall on Southmore dedicated. Mayor Clyde T. Gary
1958 - Tatar, Fleming and __ openeed Market Center at Red Bluff and Preston, the first enclosed & airconditioned mall in Harris County.
1960 - Pasadena Pop. 58,737
- Houston tried to surround Pasadena, but failed.
1962 - JFK announces Space Center project for Houston. Bayshore Hospital opened with 92 beds. Foley's opened in Pasadena on Southmore.
1963 - Frst Pasadena State Bank Bld opened on Southmore at Tatar.
1964 - South Main Baptist Churc organized and purchased the old First Baptist facility on Main Street. First Baptist moved to Tatar St.
- Sam Rayburn High Schoool Opened with 2,500 students.
1968 - Taylor Hall teen canteen on Rich closed (moved there 1961).
1969 - Houston again tried to surround Pasadena, but Pasadena annexed to Galveston Bay and Clear Lake.
1970 - Pasadena Pop. 89,720
1971 - Gilley's Club opened.
1973 - Pasadena Colts little league baseball team won the World Series. Snow in February and March.
1974 - Globe Discount City opens on Southmore. Pasadena HIstorical Museum and San Jacinto Day Foundation established.
1975 - Pasadena Rodeo moves for original area on Red Bluff at Southmore to new arena south of Fairmont.
1976 - CIA director George Bush speaks at Chamber banquet. Texas Girls Softball Champions. National Volleyball Champions, San Jacinto Polo Club, World Champions
1977 - Mikey Gillety, ACM Entertainer of the Year. Celebratoin at Strawberry Park.
1978 - Pasadena Chamber opens new offices on Fairmont Parkway.
1980 - Pasadena Pop. 112,560
- Hadano, Japan is Pasadena's Sister City. Delegation went to Japan for a visit. Movie "Urban Cowboy" released.
1982 - Pasadena Philharmonic first performance. Kin Olaf V of Norway visits Pasadena to dedicate Norwegian Seaman's Church.
1983 - Hurrican Alicia (Category 3) Hurricane hits Pasadena
1989 - Gilley's Club closed due to disputes between Gilley & sherwood Cryer. Phillips Petroleum plastics plant explosions, kills 23.
1990 - Pasadena Pop. 119,363
- Humana Hospital sold and name revered back to Southmore Medical Center
- Fire gutted the closed Gilley's nightclube of 1980 "Urban Cowboy" fame.
1991 - Tatar Street named changed to Pasadena Blvd
1993 - Pasadena Centennial
1994 - City purchased Corrigan Center and the Capitan Theater
1997 - rodeo arena covered
2000 - Pasadena Pop. 141,624
- re-lighting of the Capitan Theater neon. Switch thrown by May Isabell and orignial manager Carleton. 300 people witnessed the event.
2001 - Tropical storm Allison arrive, a 500 year events. SH 225 renamed "Texas Independence Highway."
2003 - Pomeroy Homestead (Pasadena Heritage Park) designated a National Registry of Historic Places property.
2007 - "The History of Pasadena" Hometown HIstory Documentary rublic release.
2008 - Hurrican IKE hits Texas coast, eye went across Pasadena. December 2" snow tied record for earliest snow.
2010 - Pasadena Pop. 149,043
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