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Colorado School of Mines |
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Initially known as the School of Mines and then the Territorial School of Mines. Bishop Randall opens the Territorial School of Mines and Colorado University Schools campus in October 1873 in their first location south of downtown Golden. In February 1874 the School of Mines is sold to the Colorado Territorial government. The State School of Mines moves to their new and current home in downtown Golden in 1880. The Colorado School of Mines is the first publicly supported institution of higher education in Colorado. Also the first publicly supported mining school in the United States separate from a state university and under its own Board of Trustees. |
