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 ======January 8, 1890====== ======January 8, 1890======
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-=====News===== 
  
 Washington legislator William Owen Bush introduced a bill at the state house in Olympia to create one or more agricultural colleges. Washington legislator William Owen Bush introduced a bill at the state house in Olympia to create one or more agricultural colleges.
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 ======January 11, 1890====== ======January 11, 1890======
  
 +=====In Print=====
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 +**Spokane Falls Review**
 +
 +"An Agricultural College," 1
 ======January 12, 1890====== ======January 12, 1890======
  
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 ======January 19, 1890====== ======January 19, 1890======
  
 +**Commission Authorized**
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 +The Review published the text of the legislation authorizing a state-funded agricultural college and school of science. The governor was required to create a three-person commission to select a suitable location, with the first meeting to be in March. The legislation required the commission to finalize their decision by the first of May.
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 +=====In Print=====
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 +**Spokane Falls Review**
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 +"School of Science," 2
 ======January 20, 1890====== ======January 20, 1890======
  
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 ======February 8, 1890====== ======February 8, 1890======
  
-===== News ===== +By a narrow margin, the Washington Senate passed a bill approving Whitman County as the site of the state's agricultural college. The bill still needed House approval and the governor's signature. The //Pullman Herald// reported that the city of Pullman had allocated a 160-acre tract of land and $12,000 in the hope of persuading the state of Washington to build the college there.
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-By a narrow margin, the Washington Senate passed a bill approving Whitman County as the site of the state's agricultural college. The bill still needed House approval and the governor's signature. +
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-The //Pullman Herald// reported that the city of Pullman had allocated a 160-acre tract of land and $12,000 in the hope of persuading the state of Washington to build the college there.+
  
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 ======February 9, 1890====== ======February 9, 1890======
  
 +=====In Print=====
 +
 +**Spokane Falls Review**
 +
 +"An Agricultural College," 1
 ======February 10, 1890====== ======February 10, 1890======
  
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 ======March 24, 1890====== ======March 24, 1890======
  
 +===== News =====
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 +The Washington State Senate passed a bill that included a provision to combine the proposed state agricultural college and school of science into a single entity.
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 +=====In Print=====
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 +**Spokane Falls Daily Chronicle**
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 +"School Lands," 1
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 +|  [[february-13-1890|<Feb 13, 1890]]    [[1890_calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |   [[april-26-1891|Apr 26, 1891>]]  |
 ======March 25, 1890====== ======March 25, 1890======
  
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