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Phoenix Charter LLC company history timeline

1867

In 1867, Jack Swilling of Wickenburg stopped to rest his horse at the foot of the north slopes of the White Tank Mountains.

1868

By March 1868, water flowed through the canal, and a few members of the company raised meager crops that summer.

A post office was established in Phoenix on June 15, 1868, with Jack Swilling as postmaster.

By 1868, a small colony had formed approximately four miles east of the present city.

1869

It advertised the Richard Flour Mills, built in 1869, where the Luhrs Tower now stands.

1870

Although various religious organizations had been formed by 1870, the first church building erected in Phoenix was the Central Methodist Church.

1871

The first store building to be erected in the new town was Hancock's Store, a general store opened in July 1871, by William Smith.

It was built in 1871 at the corner of Second Avenue and Washington Street.

12, 1871, when Maricopa County was created by the Legislature.

Schooling for Phoenix's youth began in 1871.

1872

The first Catholic priest came to Phoenix in 1872.

1874

On April 10, 1874, President Grant issued a patent to Judge Alsap for the present site of Phoenix.

In 1874, downtown lots were selling for $7 to $11 each.

1878

To solve the problem, the National Bank was established in 1878 with capital stock of $200,000.

1880

The first newspaper in Phoenix, the Salt River Valley Herald, changed its name to the Phoenix Herald in 1880.

1881

The first regular meeting of the City Council was held on May 9, 1881.

Holsum Bakery realized the opportunities Phoenix had to offer and opened its doors in 1881.

1886

In 1886, one of the first electric plants in the west was installed in Phoenix.

1887

The first horse-drawn streetcar line was built along some 2 miles of Washington Street in 1887, and the kick off of this new mode of transportation was on Nov.

1895

On March 12, 1895, the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railroad ran its first train to Phoenix.

1897

In 1897, an organization of 14 women called the Friday Club, started the public library movement in Phoenix.

1901

The Phoenix City Council, however, levied a 5-mill tax for its public library a few months after the 1901 Legislature passed a bill allowing a tax to be applied to the support of free libraries.

1909

African American Matthew Henson and Admiral Robert Peary, becoming the first men to reach the North Pole in 1909

1911

On May 18, 1911, the former President himself dedicated the dam, which was the largest masonry dam in the world.

1914

An election, as provided for in the new charter, was held on March 19, 1914, with the following results:

The men who, in 1914, changed the governmental system to the council-manager form, had hoped that this would provide better city government.

1915

Black History Month got its start in 1915, on the 50th anniversary of the 13th Amendment, when Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and minister Jesse E. Moorland founded what is today the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.

1936

Track star Jesse Owens winning four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936

1947

Jackie Robinson, of the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first African American to play major league baseball in 1947

1950

Gwendolyn Brooks winning the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1950

1951

James M. Barney, Arizona historian and Barry M. Goldwater, former Phoenix City Councilman and United States Senator, prepared the history for the 1951 Phoenix City Code.

1961

Despite predictions that he wouldn't last six months, City Manager Ray Wilson remained at his desk until his voluntary retirement in early 1961, after breaking every record ever established by previous managers.

1988

The 1988 Phoenix bond election, which authorized the issuance of more than $1 billion in bonds, is one of the largest general-purpose municipal bond elections ever.

1993

In addition to its four All-America City titles, Phoenix won the 1993 Carl Bertelsmann Prize, a prestigious international competition that recognized the best-run city government in the world.

Building of the 20-story Phoenix City Hall, which opened in 1993 and now houses about 1,300 city employees.

1994

Phoenix won top national honors in 1994 from the National Association of Town Watch for its National Night Out activities.

1996

Expansion of the Phoenix Art Museum in 1996.

2003

In 2003, the Phoenix Charter Academy Network began like any other good idea: on a napkin.

2003 Founder Beth Anderson receives a fellowship at Building Excellent Schools, an incubator for future charter school leaders, and begins recruiting others who share her vision for Chelsea youth

2005

2005 Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE) approves Phoenix Charter Academy for a five-year charter to become a model for alternative education.

2006

2006 Phoenix Chelsea opens its doors to 75 students.

2008

2008 Phoenix Chelsea graduates its first class of 7 college-bound students.

2009

Barack Obama, a Harvard graduate, former Illinois State Senator, and former United States Senator from Illinois, becoming president in 2009

2010

Phoenix founds an in-house tutoring program for recent college graduates that receives a 3-year grant from AmeriCorps in 2010.

2010 First Phoenix Chelsea alumnus graduates from college.

2011

2011 A proof point for alternative education, Phoenix Chelsea receives an unconditional 5-year renewal of its charter

2012

2012 Phoenix Chelsea earns unprecedented MCAS scores of 86% Advanced/Proficient in ELA and 72% Advanced/Proficient in Math.

2013

2013 Phoenix Charter Academy Network is granted a new 5-year charter by DESE to open a third school in Springfield, Massachusetts.

2014

2014 Phoenix Lawrence graduates its first class of 5 college-bound students.

2015

2015 100% of Phoenix Lawrence students earn Advanced or Proficient scores on the ELA MCAS, outperforming the state.

2016

2016 Phoenix Chelsea receives a second unconditional 5-year renewal of its charter.

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