who owned the original lands that virginia tech is built on
Virginia Tech In 1872, with federal funds provided by the Morrill Act of 1862, the Virginia General Assembly purchased the facilities of Preston and Olin Institute, a small Methodist school in Southwest Virginia's rural Montgomery County. That same year, 250 acres (100Â ha) of the Solitude Farm including the house and several farm buildings on the estate were acquired for $21,250[11][12] The commonwealth incorporated a new institution on the site, a state-supported land-grant military institute named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College.[13]
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Colonial history of the United States A majority of New England residents were small farmers. A man had complete power over the property within these small farm families.