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A long history of education resides in Boulder, CO. Today it is home to one of the most premier research institutes in the country. Miners and farmers were the people who founded and build up the city. Gold brought the miners to the formally deemed unfit for settlement area. Despite the depression of the 1850’s the settlers staked their claims and began to build their city. Slowly, building by building the settlement grew. In 1871 Boulder was incorporated as a city. By this time the area already has a highly established agriculture industry, mining and associates businesses, boarding houses and saloons.

Even before Boulder earned its city title, its educational path already began in 1860. The first schoolhouse in all of Colorado was builder in Boulder on the southwest corner of Walnut and 15th Street. Not more than a year was the city already named to be home to the University of Colorado. Bourler and Canon City went head to head in efforts to stake claim of being the university town. The losing city would then be the new location for the Colorado State Prison. Considering Canon City was already home to the Colorado Territorial prison, it did not get the honor of being home to the Colorado State University. After two years of building, the university opened its doors September 5, 1877.

With one building, 44 students, one professor and a President Colorado State University was open for learning. Old Main was the beating heart of the university. Standing three stories tall in red brick, the building was tall above the treeless plateau. It was built in chapel style and housed the entire university including classrooms, the president and his family, a library and an auditorium. Less than 10 years later, men and women housing was built along with new living quarters for the president. Old Main eventually collected so many books in its library that it began to cause damage to the floors. It was just one of the signs that expansion of the university seemed necessary. A temporary library was built in 1904 and in 1940 the final Norlin Library opened its doors. Later, Norlin was converted to a theatre and classrooms. Originally the land for the university had hardly any trees. It's only green landscape seemed to be cacti. In 1888 students began a tradition of planting trees every Arbor day. Today, the campus is mixed in with a forest of tall and lively trees.

The campus had grown quickly into bustling full grown university. Between the 60s and 70s CU had double in academic space. New auditoriums, housing and academic buildings were built surrounding the main student area. The Colorado State University has grown from a plant barren plateau to one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation. The university has kept a promise to embrace its history by restoring and remembering where it all began. Students today can walk the universities peaceful paths knowing a Grade Potential tutor can help them earn their Colorado State diploma.