University Establishment

The General Laws of the State of Kansas, Passed at the third session of the Legislature, Commencement at the Capital January 13, 1863.

Charles L. Robinson and his wife Sara originally owned the forty acres on the brow of Mount Oread where North College would be built.

University of Kansas Catalogue, 1866. Inside list of Ladies and Gentlemen who were in the University's first class.
The establishment of the University of Kansas was not accomplished in a day. Many false starts and interruptions including William Quantrill’s devastating raid on Lawrence and the Civil War proved to be impediments to getting things going. As early as the Kansas Nebraska Act opened the region for settlement, thoughts turned to educational opportunities for the settlers.