Title: Today in history
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.
Subjects: Cowboys, Social life and customs, Ranch life, History, School lands, Universities and colleges, Cornell University
Places: Nevada, Paradise Valley, Ninety-Six Ranch (Nev.), United States