How a land-grant act built one of Nevada's flagship university

from Nevada Yesterdays · host Michael Green, Richard Bryan

From a seven-student schoolhouse in Elko in 1874 to nearly 22,000 students today, the full history of the University of Nevada, Reno — its founding, legendary faculty, championship athletes, and the leaders who shaped it.

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