Years


 * 1881 -- Gordonville renamed to Hattiesburg. Some really early records and maps say "Hattiesburgh." (source: History of Forrest County, p 112)
 * 1884 -- Hattiesburg incorporated into a town.
 * 1888 -- Quarantine
 * 1890 -- George Stevenson lynched, train wreck
 * 1891 -- Dolly Williamson
 * 1893 -- FIRE!
 * 1898 -- Facts About Hattiesburg published
 * 1899 -- March, HBurg declared a "city" (pop: 3600)
 * 1900 -- Trinity Episcopal Church organized; population of Hattiesburg is 4000
 * 1901 -- South Mississippi Infirmary organized
 * 1902 -- Population 5500
 * 1903 -- Main Street Baptist Church organized; Population 7000
 * 1904 -- Population 11000
 * 1905 -- South Mississippi Infirmary moved to Walnut St.; Population 14500
 * 1906 -- Bay St. Presbyterian Church organized; Hotel Hattiesburg built
 * 1907 -- Temple Baptist Church organized
 * 1908 -- Forrest County Court house built; Methodist Hospital organized
 * 1912 -- California Sandwich Shop built; USM (now known as Mississippi Normal College) accepted its first student
 * 1914 -- Mississippi Hall at USM was built
 * 1915 -- Original YMCA builting built
 * 1919 -- Masonic Temple built
 * 1920 -- Construction began on Hulett Funeral Home
 * 1922 -- Court house remodeled; old Methodist Hospital building built
 * 1924 -- USM now known as State Teachers College
 * 1929 -- First Presbyterian Church moved to their second location (where the old library is now); Saenger Theater opened; HBurg became the birthplace of rock and roll
 * 1930 -- Hattiesburg Airport dedicated
 * 1933 -- Hulett Funeral Home construction finished
 * 1936 -- Several recordings made by the Mississippi Jook Band
 * 1940 -- USM known as Mississippi Southern College
 * 1951 -- Gus's #2 opened
 * 1952 -- Forrest General Hospital admitted its first patient
 * 1956 -- WDAM started
 * 1959 -- Secret jet bomber supposedly crashed in Lake Serene; new (old to us) YMCA building built
 * 1961 -- Hotel Hattiesburg (by now Milner Hotel) demolished
 * 1962 -- USM now known as USM
 * 1965
 * 1976 -- Bay St. Presbyterian Day School opened (what would become PCS)
 * 1977
 * 1983
 * 1984 -- Hattiesburg's centennial!
 * 1985 -- Interaction Factory founded
 * 1993 -- Gus's #2 remodeled; construction on new Family Y began
 * 1994 -- New Family Y building opened
 * 2001 -- Lincoln Extension opened
 * 2005 -- Hurricane Katrina

Other years

 * 1920s
 * 1960s

We need more stuff about fairly recent history, as in post WWII stuff -- Brad