1879
Crookston incorporated
1895
State legislature appropriates $15,000 procure equipment
and to conduct experiment farms at Crookston. James
J. Hill, President of the Great Northern Railway offered
land to Willet M. Hays of the Minnesota Experiment
Station at St. Anthony Park. Hill donated 476.61 acres
of unimproved land. T.A. Hoverstad was selected to
be superintendent of the experiment station.
1903
$5,000 was appropriated by the state legislature for
drainage of the land.
1905
Another $15,000 was appropriated to open a school
and building
1906
School opened with William Robertson as the first
school superintendent. It was necessary to borrow
$2,500 from the citizens of Crookston to meet salaries
and expenses during the first year of the school’s
operation in 1906. There were 31 students registered
for the three-year course offered by the Northwest
School of Agriculture.
1908
Owen Hall constructed
1909
First graduating class
1910
Superintendent Robertson dies and a successor, Conrad
G. Selvig, was named
1911
First yearbook Class motto was, “Prepared, Yet
Just Begun” Alumni association formed
1912
Owen, Kiehle, Robertson, and Hill were formally dedicated.
Stephens Hall and Robertson Hall were dormitories.
1913
Central heating plant constructed
1914
Construction on second boys dormitory. There were
15 faculty members employed at the school.
1916-1917
160 students were enrolled in the regular three-year
program
1917
Two drill companies formed on campus and Patriotic
Day was observed on Dec. 19
1918
Twenty two seniors graduated and the NWSA had the
largest freshman class to date, 118 members.
1918
Flu epidemic raged on December 16 only one student
was well and attended classes
1920
Soldier’s and Sailor’s Memorial was proposed,
$2,200 was raised by alumni, faculty, and friends
to erect the granite monument. Dedication took place
October 5 along with the dedication of a new dining
hall
1920's
Mall and gardens were designed by Thomas M. McCall,
former Superintendent of the Northwest School of Agriculture. |
