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Rhode Island, University of
(Encyclopedia) Rhode Island, University of, at Kingston; coeducational; land-grant and state-supported; chartered 1888, opened as a school 1890, as an agricultural and mechanical college 1892. From…Virginia State University
(Encyclopedia) Virginia State University, at Petersburg; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1882 as a normal and collegiate institute, opened 1883, became a normal and…District of Columbia, University of the
(Encyclopedia) District of Columbia, University of the, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; land-grant and federally supported; est. 1976 with the merger of three existing colleges; predominantly…Fletcher v. Peck
(Encyclopedia) Fletcher v. Peck, case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1810, involving the Yazoo land fraud. The court ruled that an act of the Georgia legislature rescinding a land grant was…General Grant National Memorial
(Encyclopedia) General Grant National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia) Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).New Mexico State University
(Encyclopedia) New Mexico State University, at Las Cruces; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1889 as a college. It became New Mexico State Univ. of Engineering,…Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia) Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Mont.: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).Turkmanchai, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia) Turkmanchai, Treaty ofTurkmanchai, Treaty oft&oobreve;rkmänchīˈ [key], 1828, agreement signed by Russia and Persia at the village of Turkmanchai (Torkaman), East Azerbaijan prov.,…Wyoming, University of
(Encyclopedia) Wyoming, University of, at Laramie; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1886, opened 1887. The Rocky Mt. Herbarium, which has an outstanding collection of plants…Trending
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