Today in history.
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Cornell University -- History.; Cowboys -- Nevada -- Paradise Valley.; Ranch life -- Nevada.; School lands -- United States -- History.; Universities and colleges -- United States -- History.; Ninety-Six Ranch (Nev.) -- Social life and customs.
Other titles: October 7
Description: Presents information on practices and tradition of cattle ranching by describing the life, fall round up, and trail drive of the Ninety-Six Ranch cowboys. Also presents the day that Cornell University welcomed their first students on October 7, 1868 and discusses the use of federal funds for education under the provision of the Morrill Act. Describes how this landmark legislation in the history of education provided for the sale of federal lands in each state to provide for public education in agriculture and the mechanical arts.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Fall round up time; title: Cornell University.