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Colorado State University  

Colorado Agricultural & Mining College constructed its first classroom building, later called Old Main, in 1879. This further established Fort Collins as the economic and cultural center of the region. The school was renamed Colorado State University in 1957. [caption id="attachment_2445" align="aligncenter" width="567"] Check out this photo of the Colorado State University L.L. Gibbons Building from 1905. It is currently home to the College of Health and Human Sciences offices.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2444" align="aligncenter" width="426"] Old Main Library, 1970[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2443" align="aligncenter" width="428"] Sitting a table, a male student is looking into a microscope, writing down observations in a notebook. (Botany Lab)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2441" align="aligncenter" width="834"] Football Captain Hormet, 1922[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2455" align="aligncenter" width="782"] R.O.T.C. Band, 1934[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2457" align="aligncenter" width="649"] Colorado State University’s little-known second mascot, Sam the Ram, butts the head of a tackling dummy held by owner, Gerald Rice at Hughes Stadium in 1977.[/caption]

(Photos courtesy- Historic Photograph Collection at Colorado State University Libraries.)

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