Historical Timeline – Lindsay Chamber of Commerce

1908	Lindsay Chamber of Commerce organized
1911	Hotel movement started
1911	Chamber of Commerce circulates petition for sewer and water bonds
1912	Streets renamed, started movement for street arc lights
1915	Completion of the Washington Grammar School Entire business district paved and electrolier system installed
1919	Lindsay Community Development Co. started to build houses. State Board of Control asked to provide money for State Engineering Department to make survey of water resources
1920	Chamber of Commerce incorporated
1920	Authorized participation in Tulare County Fair
1921	Advocates adequate tariff on olives, promotes an organization of orange growers to handle shipping problems
1922	Twenty-eight blocks of paving added to city streets
1923	Chamber of Commerce purchased flags for downtown streets
1924	New Southern Pacific depot promoted by the Chamber
1925	Cooperates with Lucca Olive Oil Co., starting plant
1926	Sponsored special train to Madera where Lindsay High School baseball team played for Valley Championship Lindsay girl chosen Queen of Tulare County Fair
1928	Collected $13,000, which was used to put over State water plan Chamber of Commerce sponsored campaign to sell stock for community hotel. $154,000 was sold and company formed
1929	Chamber of Commerce and Farm Bureau sponsored a project to name all roads in district, signs erected on all intersections
1932	Created Orange Blossom Festival
1933	Road Committee active—in the interest of Eastside Highways and repair County roads
1934	Booklets printed and circulated for advertising Orange Blossom Festival Committee report on proposed gas utility district
1935	Chamber of Commerce pledges sum to help pay for an ambulance to be purchased by Fire Department. Chamber endorses City Administration’s proposed Civic Center Building project.
1936	Formation of “The Orange Belt Scenic Highway Association”
1937	Chamber of Commerce moves to its new home in the East Wing of new City Hall Formation of Merchants Association Celebration of Water Settlement — Reception for Supreme Court Judges Central Valley Water Plan Underway
1938	Chamber of Commerce endorses bonds for building a Municipal Hospital Chamber presses for action on Friant Dam
1939	Bonds voted for Municipal Hospital Chamber of Commerce delegration attends dedication of Friant Dam W.P.A. Headquarters brought to Lindsay
1940	Efforts made to bring Engineering staff at Friant-Kern Canal to locate headquarters in Lindsay
1941	Air raid warning stations established under direction of the American Legion
1942	Rationing Board opened its headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce office Civilian Defense Council goes into action
1943-45	Location of division offices of Bureau of Reclamation in Lindsay
1945-46	Lindsay to be headquarters during location and construction of Friant Kern Canal
1947	Chamber of Commerce requests action on construction of swimming pool
1948	Lindsay made the official Centennial City of Tulare County.
1950	Water arrives in huge canel east of Lindsay—Central Valley Project
1951	Outstanding Orange Blossom Festival
1952	Tri-City Braves of the Western League bring professional baseball to Lindsay
1953	Chamber of Commerce sponsored float in numerous celebrations throughout the county.
1954	Chamber of Commerce sponsored Fourth of July picnic for the community
1956	New flags and standards purchased to decorate downtown streets Chamber protests increase in freight rates
1957	Top priority rating for Highway 65 from Linda Vista Avenue to Hermosa Street
1958	Circulation of 5000 brochure type folders advertising Lindsay as a fine place to live Endorsed plans for Hospital District