| Date | Occurrence |
| 1800s | Records show that Carondelet (a Spanish colonial leader) was the original name of what is now Ross Avenue. |
| 1854 | Ross brothers, both born in Georgia, settle in Smith County, Texas. |
| August 1862-May 1865 | Andrew J. Ross enrolls as a Confederate in the Texas 22nd Infantry Regimen in Tyler, TX |
| Unknown dates | William W. Ross becomes a private in the 9th Texas Calvary as a Confederate. |
| 1866-1867 | William W. Ross arrives in Dallas, followed by Andrew J. Ross |
| November 1868 | Ross brothers are part of the building committee for new church facility on Lamar Street |
| December 3, 1868 | The City of Dallas minutes show that the avenue in question is officially known as Ross Avenue. |
| 1870-1880 | One finds in the Dallas Herald countless references to the brothers and their property transactions. |
| 1873 | First Dallas City Directory is published which shows Ross brothers as residents of Ross Avenue. |
| Unknown dates | William Ross is the owner of 18 acres of apples, pears, peaches and apricots. |
| 1875 | William Ross serves as one of the vice-presidents of the Texas State Horticultural and Pomological Association. |
| November 1899 | William W. Ross dies. He is remembered as a practical gardener and orchard man; he [served as] the government crop reporter for many years. |
| September 1905 | Andrew J. Ross dies. He was remembered as “an enthusiastic sportsman, fond of hunting dogs”. |
| Between 1930 and 1938 | The name Carondelet was deleted from City of Dallas maps |
| April 2008 | The Dallas City Council's Trinity River committee seeks public input on renaming Industrial Boulevard. |
| June 2008 | The public input on renaming Industrial Blvd includes 20,394 voters of which 52% vote in favor of César Chávez. |
| June 2008 | The council's Trinity River committee [votes] to postpone until Aug. 5 a vote on Industrial's new name in hopes of crafting a compromise that probably would prevent the road from being named for civil rights pioneer César Chávez. |
| August 2008 | The Trinity River Project Committee decides to make Ross Avenue the focus of the name changing effort. |
| TBA | Ross Avenue is renamed César Chávez Avenue... |
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