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| 1900 | ||
| Brazos Co | 1900 Census reports Brazos Co population is 18,859. | |
| Bryan | 1900 Census reports Bryan's population is 3,589. | |
| Feb | Bryan | Deputy Sheriff Levi Neal, an African American, is killed in the line of duty |
| A&M College | Sewage disposal plant completed. | |
| Bryan | Business League organized by merchants. | |
| Bryan | Allen Smith poultry packing plant began operation. | |
| A&M College | A new Agriculture & Horticulture building was completed. In the 1920's it would become know as Science Hall. | |
| Jun 18 | A&M College | First summer session; no further summer sessions until 1909. |
| Aug 30 | Bryan | I&GN Railroad reached Bryan. |
| Sep 12 | Steele's Store | Henry B. Steele appointed postmaster at Steele's Store. |
| Nov 5 | Macy | Robert A. McCoy appointed postmaster at Macy. |
| Nov 6 | National | Election Day William McKinley re-elected President of the United States. Texas votes for (D) Bryan. |
| 1901 | ||
| A&M College | To the disappointment of many local and college officials, the Texas legislature establishes a school for the industrial education of women at Denton rather than at A&M. | |
| A&M College | New power plant completed at a cost of $17,000. | |
| Bryan | Villa Maria Orsuline Academy transferred to Bryan after the hurricane at Galveston. | |
| Bryan | First automobile owned by a Bryan resident was a red Oldsmobile bought by M. Bonneville. | |
| Jan | Bryan | P. Landry is promoted to principal of the Bryan school. |
| Sept 6 | Buffalo NY | An anarchist named Leon Czolgosz shoots president McKinley during a public reception in the Temple of Music. |
| Sept 14 | Buffalo NY | President McKinley dies from the gunshot wound he received eight days earlier. Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as the 26th President of the United States. |
| Nov | New Chapel Baptist Church purchases land. | |
| Dec | Methodist Conference meets at Lee Chapel. | |
| Dec 2 | A&M College | Death of President Lafayette Lumpkin Foster, the only president buried on A&M property. |
| Dec 10 | A&M College | Appointment of R.H. Whitlock as acting president of the college. |
| 1902 | ||
| Bryan | Carnegie Library founded on $10,000 grant. | |
| Bryan | Texas Woman's College founded by Bryan Baptists. | |
| A&M College | A new Chemistry and Veterinary Building is completed at a cost of $31,000. The building was made of yellowish bricks rather than the standard "cherry reds" that uniformly adorned the campus buildings of the day. The structure was torn down in 1929 to make room for Texas A&M's first library building. The reason why it was torn down other than to make room for the library is not known. | |
| Jul 1 | A&M College | Appointment of David Franklin Houston as President of the College. |
| 1903 | ||
| Jan | "Colored citizens" of Bryan establish a burial organization. | |
| Aug | An anti-prohibition club for Blacks is organized. | |
| 1904 | ||
| A&M College | Textile Engineering Building (Bagley Hall) completed at a cost of $31,000. | |
| July | Bryan | The Ancient Order of Pilgrims (colored) meet in Bryan. |
| Nov 8 | National | Election Day Theodore Roosevelt re-elected President of the United States. Texas votes for (D) Parker. |
| 1905 | ||
| A&M College | Athletic Council Chairman Edwin Jackson Kyle, professor of horticulture, fences off a portion of land on southwest corner of campus, originally designated for agricultural experiments, for an athletic field. | |
| June | Brazos Co | Pleasant Grove Baptist Church has opening services for new building. |
| Sep 8 | A&M College | Appointment of Henry Hill Harrington as president. |
| Oct | Bryan | Farmers Improvement Society of Texas (colored) meet in Bryan. |
| Oct 4 | A&M College | Professor Kyle gives $312.63 of his own money to purchase lumber for the building of bleachers on the athletic field with a seating capacity of 500. |
| Oct 7 | A&M College | First game played on the future site of Kyle Field, with A&M defeating the Houston YMCA 29 0. |
| 1906 | ||
| Bryan | City adopted ordinance setting 8 mph speed limit. | |
| A&M College | The Shirley Hotel was constructed to serve as a social and entertainment nucleus for faculty members and guests on campus. The name of the new facility was chosen with a drawing from names submitted by club members. Little Shirley Lomax, the daughter of Professor John A. Lomax of the English Department, was the lucky name and thus was born the Shirley Hotel. The building itself was a large frame structure with a classic columned front. It was owned and operated as a private corporation by faculty members until 1922 at which time the Faculty Club disbanded. | |
| A&M College | Tent city erected to temporarily house overflow students. It remained until after World War 1. | |
| Mar | Boonville | Land for an African American orphanage in Boonville is purchased. |
| Oct | The corner stone was laid for new Lee Chapel building | |
| 1907 | ||
| Bryan | Rural Free Delivery Service out of Bryan established. | |
| A&M College | Professor Kyle gives more money to buy a covered grandstand from the Bryan Fair Association. The stands were disassembled board by board and hauled in wagons to the campus. | |
| Sept | Local African American farmers organize a farmers' union. | |
| 1908 | ||
| A&M College | A new dormitory was completed at a cost of $53,000. It was named in honor of Col. George Iverson Goodwin, the author of the act of the Twelfth Texas Legislature which created the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. | |
| A&M College | 1894 Natatorium razed & a new Natatorium completed at a cost of $10,000. | |
| Aug | Denver CO | Bryan Eagle Editor Malcolm Carnes, only 38, died in in Denver, Colorado, where he had gone for health reasons. |
| Aug 7 | A&M College | President Henry Hill Harrington resigned. |
| Sep 1 | A&M College | Robert Teague Milner named president. |
| Oct | Bryan | The Carnes and Wallace company sold its stock in the Bryan Eagle to Joseph M. Carnes, M.E. Wallace, J.J. Gilham and George A. Adams, who formed the Eagle Printing Co. Joseph Carnes, father of the late Malcolm Carnes, became editor in chief and Gilham became local editor. |
| Nov 3 | National | Election Day William Taft elected 27th President of the United States. Texas votes for (D) Bryan. |
| 1909 | ||
| Austin | The legislature grants A&M permission to conduct regular summer sessions with the stipulation that women be allowed to attend in the summer. | |
| Bryan | Fire destroyed second city hall, fire department and all city minutes prior to 1891. | |
| Bryan | Sewer system to serve business district built. | |
| Bryan | Bryan Baptist Academy organized and operated by the Baptist General Convention of Texas. | |
| A&M College | The first reported Aggie Bonfire was built of trash gathered on the spur of the moment in anticipation of the game with the University of Texas. Early bonfires were built of "acquired" materials. | |
| A&M College | Civil Engineering Building completed at a cost of $65,000. Named for Engineering Dean James C. Nagle in 1939. First reinforced concrete building on campus. | |
| A&M College | Agricultural Experiment Station Building completed at a cost of $34,000. | |
| Jan | Bryan | The Brazos Pilot burned in a fire that also burned the First National Bank, a saloon and a grocery store. The Eagle then purchased the Pilot's "name and good will." A.J. Buchanan, the Pilot's editor for 15 years, purchased J.J. Gilham's stock in the Eagle. Joseph Carnes takes over as editor of the Eagle. |
| 1910 | ||
| Brazos Co | 1910 Census reports Brazos Co population is 18,919. | |
| Bryan | 1910 Census reports Bryan's population is 4,132. | |
| Bryan | Commercial Club organized to succeed the Business League. It operated under this name until the change to Chamber of Commerce in 1931. | |
| Bryan | Bryan College Station Interurban began operation. | |
| A&M College | The Department of Extension is organized and will later become the Agricultural Extension Service. | |
| Oct | Brazos Co | All Seeing Eye Baptist Church purchases land. |
| 1911 | ||
| Bryan | City purchased electrical distribution system from Bryan Water, Inc. and Electric Light Company for $7,650. | |
| Bryan | Street lights had been installed in the business district prior to 1911. | |
| Bryan | Eleventh grade added to Public School. | |
| Bryan | Dellwood Amusement Park opened the summer of 1911. | |
| A&M College | Establishment of the Departments of Engineering and Agriculture. | |
| A&M College | Milner Hall completed at a cost of $75,000. Converted to a classroom/office complex in 1976 77. | |
| A&M College | Legett Hall completed at a cost of $75,000. Renovated for occupancy by women in 1979. | |
| Aug | Brazos Co | State Colored B.Y.P.U. conference meet at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. |
| Nov 11 | A&M College | 5:30 a.m., An accidental kitchen fire burned the Mess Hall built in 1897 to the ground in a matter of hours. |
| 1912 | ||
| A&M College | Lumber from construction of Milner and Legett halls was "acquired" for the purpose of building Bonfire. | |
| A&M College | Board of Directors residence completed. It would be the first home of the Texas A&M University Press in 1975. It was destroyed by fire in 1979 while serving as residence for former President Jack K. Williams. | |
| A&M College | Mitchell Hall completed at a cost of $75,000. | |
| A&M College | Electrical Engineering Building completed at a cost of $75,000. Named for Frank C. Bolton in 1939. Renovated for use by the Political Science department in 1989 at a cost of $3,214,000. | |
| Jan | Bryan | Joseph Carnes retire as Bryan Eagle editor and A.J. Buchanan takes over as Eagle editor. Buchanan was later replaced by Ed. E. Talmadge, who bought controlling interest in the paper with A.B. O'Flaherty. |
| May 27 | A&M College | 2 a.m., Old Main caught fire. It took only a little ore than an hour for the blaze to completely destroy the interior. |
| Sept | Bryan | Dr. S.W. Hooks, an African American, opens a drug store in Bryan. |
| Nov 5 | National | Election Day Woodrow Wilson elected 28th President of the United States. Texas votes for (D) Wilson. |
| 1913 | ||
| Bryan | Modern sewage disposal plant installed for the western part of the city. | |
| Bryan | Oak Grove Park granted to the City. | |
| Bryan | First auto truck purchased for the fire department. | |
| Jan | Bryan | : The "colored Y.M.C.A." is organized in Bryan. |
| April | Bryan | The "Bryan Colored School" burns. |
| Sep 1 | A&M College | President Milner resigns. |
| Sep 1 | A&M College | Charles Puryear appointed acting president. |
| 1914 | ||
| Bryan | City ordinance required automobile registration for a 25 cent fee; set speed limit at 15 mph downtown, 6 mph at intersections, 18 mph in other areas. | |
| Bryan | Main street was paved some time between 1909 and 1915. | |
| A&M College | The Academic Building is completed at a cost of $225,000 on the site of Old Main. | |
| A&M College | The Texas Agricultural Extension Service established under the provisions of the Smith Lever Act. The Extension Service offers the first opportunity for significant numbers of women to gain professional positions at A&M. | |
| A&M College | The Southwest Athletic Conference established with charter members A&M College, Arkansas, Baylor, Rice, Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma A&M, and Southwestern. | |
| Jan | Brazos Co | A new school building for Blacks is completed. |
| Aug 25 | A&M College | William Bennett Bizzell is appointed as president. During his tenure he will publicly express his support for coeducation. Except for the summer sessions, previous to and during his tenure only the daughters and relatives of faculty and staff could attend, and then only as unofficial, non degree seeking students. Bizzell argues that the policy should be expanded to all women who seek admission to the college because of specific advantages offered in the institution that are not available in other state supported institutions. In 1925, his last year in office, 30 women are in attendance and one would receive a degree. |
| 1915 | ||
| Bryan | Bryan Street paved. | |
| Bryan | Free city delivery of mail. | |
| A&M College | The new YMCA building opens its doors. Col. Edward B. Cushing '80 of the Southern Pacific railroad headed a committee of former students and with a pledge of $30,000 from John D. Rockefeller secured the funds for the building. The classical structure provided the students with a multitude of services and facilities which included reading rooms, Bible study rooms, an ornate tiled swimming pool, dining room, kitchen, alumni association rooms, auditorium and bowling alleys. Two large fireplaces added to the overall ambiance of what came to be thought of as the campus parlor. As predicted by Cushing, the new 'Y' became the center of campus social life until the MSC was constructed in 1950. | |
| A&M College | Clara B. Dismunkes Vander Las leaves a substantial gift to A&M for the establishment of a "Department of Domestic Science." The Board of Directors refuse the gift because it would force the College to become coeducational. | |
| College Station | The city's first daily newspaper, The Daily Bulletin, begins. | |
| Aug | Brazos Co | Shiloh Baptist Church is badly damaged during a storm. |
| Nov | A&M College | The Bryan Eagle reported in November, 1915 that work on new bleachers (at the football field) had been completed. With 6,800 comfortable seats, all was in readiness for the game with the University of Texas. According to the newspaper's description, the "field is completely surrounded like the larger bowls of the East with well constructed bleachers. Two rows of temporary boxes and a row of movable bleachers at the end of the field constitute the only temporary structures." Before the new construction, the stands accommodated 1,200. The new bleachers could seat 4,500 and had concrete foundations with uprights constructed of six by six timbers. Seat backs were provided for each row and there was plenty of foot space. |
| 1916 | ||
| A&M College | Hospital completed at a cost of $58,000. | |
| Oct 19 | A&M College | Establishment of a senior unit of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) under the provisions of the National Defense Act of June 3,1916. |
| Nov 7 | National | Election Day Woodrow Wilson re-elected President of the United States. Texas votes for (D) Wilson. |
| Dec | Brazos Co | Pleasant Hill Baptist Church purchases land. |
| Dec 2 | A&M College | School of Veterinary Medicine established. |
| 1917 | ||
| A&M College | The Eagle reports that sixteen women are studying Rural Home Economics at A&M in the summer session. Cornelia Simpson teaches the course. | |
| Bryan | City adopted Commission Manager form of government. | |
| A&M College | Animal Husbandry Pavillion completed at a cost of $56,000. | |
| A&M College | Serum Laboratory completed at a cost of $30,000. It served as a museum between 1937 and 1965. Housed an Egyptian mummy now on loan to the Houston Museum of Natural History. | |
| June | Bryan | Bryan Blacks form a Red Cross Auxiliary. |
| 1918 | ||
| A&M College | The old campus hospital is briefly used to house wives of soldiers stationed at A&M. | |
| A&M College | Clara Belle Hollyfield, a campus nurse, dies in the 1918 flu epidemic, becoming the first known woman to give her life aiding students. | |
| A&M College | President W.B. Bizzell hires Maggie Wilkins Hill Barry to serve as a liason between the Texas Agricultural Extension Service and women's clubs in Texas. Barry continued her work with with the Extension Service, specializing in assisting rural women, until her retirement in 1940. Barry was instrumental in having "homemaker" added as an occupation in the 1930 U.S. census. Prior to her work, the census bureau listed homemakers in the same category with "infants, idiots and imbeciles" | |
| Bryan | First telephones installed | |
| Bryan | Bryan College Station Interurban abandoned. | |
| A&M College | Bizzell Hall completed at a cost of $90,000. | |
| A&M College | Francis Hall completed at a cost of $92,000. | |
| A&M College | Butler Hall completed at a cost of $90,000. | |
| May 25 | A&M College | Guion Hall dedicated. It was the religious and cultural center of the campus. Its stage hosted a wide variety of performances and speakers. From band leader Tex Beneke to Robert Kennedy, guitarist Andes Segovia to dancer Jose Greco, the Aggie Players to the Aggie Follies, and the Singing Cadets to the Aggieland Orchestra; Gunnion," as it was affectionately called, would become A&M's window to the world. Weekend movies there were often a source of cheap entertainment. Ultimately, these activities outgrew the building and they were moved to larger facilities. The building was named for Ballinger Judge John I. Guion (1854 1920), retiring president of the A&M Board of Directors. |
| May 27 | A&M College | First organized reunion held on campus by the class of 1898. |
| Aug | Bryan | Negro Business League is formed in Bryan. |
| Oct | Bryan | Negro Council of Defense is formed. |
| 1919 | ||
| Bryan | City electric power plant and generating station bought from Bryan Power Company for $75,000. | |
| A&M College | Mechanical Engineering Building completed at a cost of $76,000. Named for Emil Jerome Fermier in 1925. Renovated in 1972. | |
| Feb | Brazos Co | Colored Ministers Association meet at Shiloh Baptist Church. |
| April | Brazos Co | A local N.A.A.C.P. chapter is organized. |
| Jun 23 | A&M College | Association of Former Students established with membership open to anyone who had attended the college for one year. |