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re: UTK tearing down Gen. Neyland's house
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:37 pm to MizzouTrue
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:37 pm to MizzouTrue
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Silly Vols
Columbia and Mizzou were built far away from our river
You guys have no excuse
Oddly enough it's all Thomas Jefferson's fault. No really, it is:
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. Thomas Jefferson had previously recommended that the college leave its confining single building in the city and relocate to a place it could spread out. Coincidentally, in the Summer of 1826 (the year that Thomas Jefferson died), the trustees explored "Barbara Hill" (today known simply as The Hill) as a potential site and relocated there by 1828.[7]
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Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:56 pm to Prof
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a place it could spread out
nailed it
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