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University Lands and Carey Act Controversy in Wyoming
A long statement from the University of Wyoming trustees outlines legal battles over two land pools from the Morrill Act gifts. It explains how Agricultural College lands and University lands were managed by state boards, details relinquishments, disposals, and exchanges, and notes financial impacts on the university’s Agricultural College fund and perpetual income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey
University
Agricultural College
Big Horn Basin
Plate Valley
The
Land Board
United States
Wyoming University
Arnold
Dennett
General Land Office
Mullen
Timothy Burke
Miss Knight
Stone
Evanston
B. B. Brooks
Fuller
Crawford
University of Wyoming
Coffeen
University Landa
Agricultural College Landa
Morrill
Congress
Wyoming
Laramie
Board of Trustees
State Board of Land Commissioners
State Board of School Land Commissioners
United States of America
Commissioner of Public Lands
Cody
State Land Board
Mitter
Mnel
Hovernor Brooks
Peron
Sethon
State Land Boards
State
H. M. Babbitt
Carbon County
Pass Creek
Board of
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