April 23, 2009

Arkansas Industrial University, the state’s only land grant college, conducted its first session on January 22, 1872, in buildings on a farm about a mile northwest of downtown Fayetteville (Washington County). From those humble beginnings, the educational institution now known as the University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayetteville developed into the state’s flagship university. Shown here are some of the early buildings used by the institution.