Timeline
July 2, 1862
First Morrill Act
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President Lincoln
November 30, 1867
UC Berkeley, First Land Grant College
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College of Agriculture
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William H. Hatch author of Hatch Act 1887
March 2, 1887
1887 Hatch Act Passed
The Hatch Experiment Station Act established a cooperative bond between USDA and the nation's land grant colleges by providing annual federal funding for agricultural experiment stations in all the states.
August 30, 1890
2nd Morril Act Passed
University of California, Riverside
University of California Riverside
1907
University of California Riverside, Citrus Station
Two cottages and a stable on the east side of Mt. Rubidoux comprised the entire station when it opened in 1907 as part of the statewide Agricultural Experiment Station developed by the University of California.