Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Waymark Code: WMPBJ
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/03/2006
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University was founded in 1872 as a land-grant college specializing in agriculture and mechanics. The land-grant college system marked the beginning of scientific agricultural and industrial instruction in the Commonwealth. Over the next century Virginia Tech became nationally recognized as a comprehensive research university with a broad range of scientific, technological, business, and liberal arts instruction. The 3,000-acre main campus includes the site of Drapers Meadow where settlers were killed and captured on 8 July 1755 by Ohio-based Shawnee Indians at the beginning of the French and Indian War.
Department of Historic Resources, 1998.
Marker Number: 12-A
Marker Title: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Marker Location: 460 just outside of Blacksburg
County or Independent City: Montgomery
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources
Web Site: Not listed
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