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Normal College Built in Dillon From Poindexter Orr Land Gift
History recalls Dillon’s early education push from a skating rink mass meeting led by B F White to establish a normal college. Land donated by Poindexter and Orr funded a late 19th century building begun in 1895, opening October 4 1896 with about 45 students and seven to eight instructors.
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L.A. Dodge
Mary Carter
McRoberts
Tom B. Miller
Helena
Hanks
Reninger
Batterton
Dil Jon
Dillon
C. Y. Reeder
California
Normal College
B. F. White
Territorial
R. B. Smith
Athens
College Hill
Third State Legislative Assembly
Normal
Poindexter
Orr