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The Texas Legislature established TexafA&M. -_.
Laterthatyear, Harvey Mitchell offered 2,416
acres in Brazos County for the college four miles
south of Bryan to avoid "shootings, stabbings, '
lynchings, and gambling," which were all too _-
common. According to an 1870s report inthe --
Brenham Banner,"tramps"were common in
Bryan. The new town was rough, and citizens -
wanted to insulate the students from Bryan's
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Texas A&M College's earliest known student bonfire.
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