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BRAZOS FCOUNTV
��� bn WetlnestlaY,bctoher 4, 187fi classeshegan at
the Agdcultural and Mechanical College of texas.
iexasA&Mestablishetl bythe iexas5tate Legislature. LaterthatyearHarvey
Mitchell offered 2,41fi acres of land forthe college to be located in Brazos County.
the college was locaretl four milessouth of Bryanto avoid "shootings,
stahhings, lynchings, and gamhling [whichlwere all too common.Antl
according to an 187fi's report in the Brenham Banner"tremps"were common in
the neighborhood of Bryan.ihe new citywas a rough place indeed and leading
citizens wanted m insulate the students from Bryan's "evil inAuencesY"`
Buotes by Bernie A. Fette inthe Centennial issue of the Eagle,Apol27th, 1989. "`
"Each city is
the sum bf its history."
FROM THEAMERICANCITV.•AD000MENTARV HISTORYBY CHARLES GLAAB
bxasA@M fdlege receives elecMciry TamsA&MFielded itsfirsibotballteam Prot fAvdnl lgflefencesotlafieldbrTexasA&M football
"Let honorbe
your guiding staril
TEXAS GOVERNOR RICHARD COKE TO TEXAS A&M STUDENTS ON OCT. 4,1876
Cars linethe Interurban train line in this phototaken
areuntl 1915. The Interurhan train linewas thefirst commuter
trelaportation line IinNing Bryan and CollegeStation.
texas A&M tlirectorsse[ aside land
north of campusfor businesses
texas A&M College's earliest Nnownsmtlent bonfire
texas A&MGretluation
program floml9fifi. '�`t-'",�`
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Northgate amuntl 1920 provided thecommunity
itsfirst "commercialsMpshopping center'
the Bnitetl States Post Office is on Ne IeN.
College Park, thefirstsubdivisien in
College Station opens south of A&M