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HISTORICAL TIMELINE
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1838 - Battle of Pine Island - part of the seven-year Seminole War.
1906 - Captain Walter Holloway unsuccessfully attempts to drain the Everglades for farming; major canal runs north-south through Plantation.
1911 - Sewell Locks, first wooden locks in the state, are built on the New River Canal next to State Road 84.
1941 -Frederick C. Peters purchases 10,000 acres for $25 per acre; land had been owned by the Everglades Plantation Company (origin of the city's name); Broward Boulevard is a two-lane road.
1947 - First homes built by Chauncey Clark; property valued at $200 an acre; two hurricanes completely flood the area.
1948 - 12 homes in the area; population reaches 36.
1949 - Plantation Women's Club founded; Plantation Homeowners organization founded by Dr. Abram Hoffman; 40 homes in the area.
1950 - Population reaches 200; Plantation Golf Club built.
1953 - Ellsworth D. Gage appointed first Mayor on April 30; Plantation incorporated as a city; first City Council meeting on May 11; Broward Boulevard grows to a four-lane street; population reaches 475.
1955 - S. Robinson Estey elected Mayor. He had previously been our Deputy Sheriff; Plantation Police Dept. organized.
1957 - First industrial plant in Plantation - Airpax Products, Co. on Sunrise Blvd; City of Plantation Volunteer Fire Dept.
1958 - Population reaches 1,600.
1959 - James Ward Jr. elected Mayor. First school, Berenice T. Peters Elementary School dedicated.
1961 - The Plantation Library was founded with Mrs. Helen B. Hoffman as chairwoman.
1962 - Edwin Deicke donated $100,000 for the expansion and renovation of Hoffman Building later renamed the Deicke Auditorium; Chamber of Commerce founded.
1963 - Community Center designed by Russell Pancoast built and dedicated on City's tenth anniversary.
1965 - Population reaches 6,500.
1969 - Motorola opens facility in Plantation
1970 - Gulfstream Land and Development Company purchases 5,400 acres for Jacaranda community development; population reaches 23,000.
1973 - Plantation City Hall opens and Deicke Auditorium dedicated.
1974 - Plantation Historical Society founded by Genevieve Veltri, Dorothy O'Hare, Lois Brickhouse, and Marilyn King.
1975 - Frank Veltri elected Mayor for first time; American Express moves Southern Region Operations Center to Plantation. Population 40,200, budget $4,229,569.
1978 - Broward Mall opens (1 million square feet).
1980 - The Plantation Historical Museum was founded; population 48,653.
1981 - Plantation Library is renamed the Helen B. Hoffman Plantation Library.
1982 - The population reaches 50,000; City budget reaches $12 million.
1985 - Plantation Historical Museum built.
1988 - Fountains Shopping Mall opens (450,000 square feet); Fashion Mall at Plantation opens (660,000 square feet).
1990 - The population reaches 65,000; city budget reaches $64 million; Central Park Elementary School opens.
1991 - Hartford's Cornerstone, Phase 1 opens.
1993 - Kemper National Services opens operations in Plantation.
1994 - Population reaches more than 73,500.
1996 - Olympic Torch Run weaves through Plantation.
1997 - Population reaches 78,000; city budget is in excess of $80 million.
1999 - Rae Carole Armstrong elected as Mayor of Plantation; 11,500 square foot Volunteer Park Community Center dedicated.
2000 - Population 84,500 and 55 diverse cultures; Presidential election delayed; Plantation Elementary moves to new school site; ground broken for Jim Ward Community Center.
2001 - World Trade Center destroyed on Sept. 11. Ground broken for Happy Tails Dog Park; Multi-cultural Garden opens in Park East. Community Bus Service in operation.
2002 - The Jim Ward 16,000 sq. ft. Community Center opens; Jack Carter Harmony Park dedicated; Happy Tails Dog Park dedicated. |
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