The Missouri legislature passes the Geyer Act…

May 1839 CE

The Missouri legislature passes the Geyer Act to establish funds for a state university; it is to be the first public university west of the Mississippi River.

In the year of its founding, the citizens of Columbia and Boone County pledge $117,921 in cash and land to beat out five other central Missouri counties for the location of the state university.

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