 | 1746
Jacinto de Leon, a Spanish Army officer established a
ford about a mile up river from present day Laredo and
named it El Paso de Jacinto. This ford is also known as
"Old Indian Crossing". |
| Late 1754
Tomas Sanchez was introduced to Jose de Escandon while he
was visiting Revilla in late 1754. |
| 5 May 1755
Laredo officialy founded. Tomas Sanchez De La Garza is
the designated Captain by Jose de Escandon. |
| 1757
The first visitador lists Laredo's population as 85. |
| 1767
During the second visita Laredo is designated as a Villa.
Population listed as 185 |
| 1775
A permanent garrison is established by the Spanish
Government to protect the citizens from Comanche and
Lipan Apache raids. |
| 1789
Census records population as 708. Spaniards as 45.3 %,
Mixed 17.2%, Mulatos 17.2% Indians 15.6% |
| 1820
Census records population as 1430 |
| 1822
Stephen F. Austin travels through Laredo on his way to
Mexico City to secure a land grant originally granted to
his father Moses Austin by the Mexican Government. |
| 31 Jan 1824
Townspeople and soldiers gather in Laredo's main plaza to
witness the city council's oath of Loyalty to newly
formed Mexican Constitution. |
| 1831
Laredo's population actually decreased to 1698 from the
figure of 2052 in 1828. |
| Mar 1837
A party of 23 Texans march towards Laredo, but are met by
cavalvy from the garrison. The Texan's then retreated to
San Antonio after becoming aware of the strength of the
garrison. |
| 13 Jul 1846
Capt. Richard A. Gillespe of the U.S. Army arrives in
Laredo to raise the Lone Star flag over Laredo's main
plaza. This event marks the beginning of Laredo as part
of the United States and the newly created county of
Nueces. |
| 8 Nov 1846
Capt. Mirabeau Buonaprte Lamar arrives in Laredo from
Camargo with seventy five men. The ex-president of the
Republic of Texas declares marshal law and holds Laredo's
first elections under American rule. |
| 28 Jan 1848
Webb county is formed from part of Nueces county. The
county is named in honor of James Webb, a close friend of
Lamar and holder of numerous offices in the Republic of
Texas. Webb county was the largest in south Texas and the
sixth largest in Texas. |
| 30 May 1848
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo makes it official, Laredo was
now part of the U.S. |
| 3 Mar 1849
Thirty three U.S. soldiers arrive from Ringgold Barracks
in Rio Grande City to establish Camp Crawford which later
became Fort McIntosh. |
| 9 Feb 1850
Laredo officially incorporated as a town. |
| 1870
Census listed 2046 citizens. |
| 1879
Corpus Christi, Rio Grande and Narrow Gauge Railroad
later known as the Tex-Mex Railroad reaches Laredo. |
| 1880
Census listed 3811 citizens. |
| 15 Dec 1881
International and Great Northern Railroad (I & GN)
reaches Webb station, about 30 miles north of town.
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