22 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO STUDIES 



January 2, 1872, three sites were offered: one to the west of the city 

 made by F. A. Squires, James B. Tourtellot, Marlah Tourtellot, 

 George H. Tourtellot, Jonas Anderson, Wm. Brierly; a second to the 

 south made by G. A. Andrews, M. G. Smith and A. Arnett; a third 

 to the east, the old site, made by G. Berkley and Amos Widner. 

 These sites were visited and after several ballots the Andrews-Arnett- 

 Smith tract was selected on January 6, 1872. 1 It consisted of 51.3 

 acres situated on the heights to the south of the city. This is the 

 present site of the University of Colorado. The warranty deeds to 

 this land were made on January 8 and recorded on January 9, 1872.* 

 An additional donation was made by A. Arnett, on January 10, of 80 

 acres to the north of the city. 3 



The board of trustees, having possession of what was then an exten- 

 sive site, proceeded to move in two directions to gain the necessary 

 funds for the erection of buildings. On the one hand an attempt was 

 made to gain subscriptions from the townspeople, on the other to gain 

 an appropriation from the legislature which was about to meet. A 

 committee of seven, two trustees and five townsmen, was appointed 

 on January 5 to solicit donations "to aid in the building of the uni- 

 versity and improving the grounds." The members of this committee 

 reported on January 8 that $1,135 na d been subscribed in labor or 

 cash and that ten shares of the stock of the Anderson Ditch Company 

 had been transferred to the university by M. G. Smith and Jonas 

 Anderson. Another meeting of the board was held on January 22. 

 The soliciting committee reported additional donations of $135 in 

 money or labor. Another committee was appointed to "invite volun- 

 teers to a Bee to remove the surface stones from the university 

 grounds." Messrs. Berkley and Widner were also appointed to draft 

 a memorial to the legislature asking for a $15,000 appropriation. 

 The task of gaining this appropriation was taken up by J. P. Maxwell, 

 the member of the House from Boulder. On January 25, 1872, he 



1 Minute Book, p. 34. 



"Deed Record (Boulder County), Book 0; Andrews grant, pp. 404-95, Amett grant, pp. 406-97, Smith 

 grant, pp. 497-98. Andrews gave 21.98 acres, Arnett, 3.83, Smith, 25.49 acres. 



» Ibid., pp. 449-500. According to the testimony of Mr. Frank Tyler, of Boulder, this land was later 

 transferred to his father, C. M. Tyler, in exchange for four horses. 



