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T14 town omeitFLton, whicft preceeded CofumEia, was fourufeJNOU. 13, 1818. 736 safe offots Eagan in tile spring of 181.9, and a log house was constructed the folfowirgfalf. '1sz was occupied 5y C aloud Richard gentry, wfio kgpt a tavern and actedas coll'ector qf payments for mum lots. $ecau5e die digging of tftree successive wells failed to produce water, tlie town qf 20 people moved tEeir fog caEins and Edongings in tlie spring and summer of 1821 across fiat C Clumbia o . fBrancFL Creekto an area near 0 present-cfay fifth Street and groadway. From Smithton t0 Company'ziiiiiizfiza . future for tlie state university tkat . . emerged in 183.9. 77153, set aside 10 Mlzzou , 1t flOUIlShed acres to tHe southwest ofColumEia on condition tHat tHe state by university 6:: estaElislied tereon. Francis Pike One early Smitan Columbia wins the bid for the Univer- sity over Fayette County with a price tag of $117,921.25. 1839 The Geyer Act au- thorizes the creation of the University as a land-gramt insti- tution.
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stocklioafer, 0r. Wiam Jeweff, was tlie first cliair qf tHe Colum6ia Seliool 'District and a founder of William jewefl Colfege in Lilierty, Mo. 7H5 new town site, named ColumEia, was immediately surveyed into 384 Dats tliat were offered for safe May 28, 1821. Tie town grew from a :few wretcHafliuts in 1821 to an emporium qfrqfi'nement, enterprise and trade in 1824,'saitf:7-list01ian 'Wi'fliam 9'. 5witzfer. 3cHoQ1rs, lawyers, d'ivims, capitalists and men J every ranfgamfcomfition... cast Meirfor'tunes witli tlie frontier village ofCqumEia, ' 8e added. Wiffiam Jeweg came to Colum6ia from Trankfin in 1822. He set up fu's practice quecficine andscraecf tlie outlying country- side, 'riding liorseEack,' according to Jolin C. Crtyliton in His Hwtgy 'overstumpfill'ed roads or forest patHs to visit liis patients. ' 912: was on we governing 5oanqu Me ColumEia primary and secondary sclioof and was a trustee qf tEe ColumEia female gcademy. He was not an arch'tec t, Eut liis pfansfor me 1847 'Boone County courtliouse was praisedfor its exceffence. Jewell was aka a state representative from 1826 to 1828 and a state senator from 1830 to 1834. faucation was afways on tlie priority list for Columliia residents. On Jilugust .9, 1831, a mass meeting was hid at Me 1300114: County courthouse to promote tfw organization qf an academy. One argument used in rasing thfunds was tliat tlie academy coufdsome day liouse a state university and woullf influence we state Iegiskzture in clioosing a site th institution. waa and$oone mm W academy site, now occupied 6y School of Medicine established. C t f A - ' dgxirliggisolaidfa First classes held in Acaderruc Hall ded- Columbia College icated on July 4th. Building 1DecJ o 1840 1841 John H. Lathrop hired as first president 1March1. 1542 President's home erected. 1843 1844 The first graduation ceremony lasts 3 hours. Both gradu- ates named Robert Todd.
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