Artemisia [yearbook], 1917 . PHE Constitution of Nevada provided for the founding of a University, but no action was taken until March 7, 1873,when an act was passed by the Legislature establishing theUniversity at Elko. The Central Pacific Railway Companydonated acres of land and the people of the town ofElko erected a brick building at a cost of $18,000. October12, 1874, a preparatory department was opened with David R. Sessionsas principal. The attendance was seven, and the next year sixteen begantheir work in the institution. In 1878 Mr. Sessions was succeeded byWilliam C. Dovey as p

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Artemisia [yearbook], 1917 . PHE Constitution of Nevada provided for the founding of a University, but no action was taken until March 7, 1873,when an act was passed by the Legislature establishing theUniversity at Elko. The Central Pacific Railway Companydonated acres of land and the people of the town ofElko erected a brick building at a cost of $18,000. October12, 1874, a preparatory department was opened with David R. Sessionsas principal. The attendance was seven, and the next year sixteen begantheir work in the institution. In 1878 Mr. Sessions was succeeded byWilliam C. Dovey as principal. In 1881 Mr. T. N. Stone became the headof the school, and in 1883 he was followed by E. S. Farrington, nowUnited States District Judge of Nevada. Then A. T. Stearns, a veteraneducator of Nevada, was placed in charge of the institution just before itwas moved to Reno. October 4, 1882, Mr. Jules E. Gignoux, a graduate ofthe University of Freiburg, started the first class in mining and 1885 a law was passe

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