North Dakota State University is founded in…

March 1890 CE

North Dakota State University is founded in Fargo on March 8, 1890, as North Dakota Agricultural College (NDAC); the bill is signed on March 8, 1890, seven years after initial plans to start an agricultural college in the northern portion of the Dakota Territory.

NDAC is established as a land-grant university.

On October 15, 1890, Horace E. Stockbridge will become the first NDAC president and the Board of Trustees will be formed.

Classes will initially be held in six classrooms rented from Fargo College.

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