scientific agriculture on the Pacific Coast was taught for the first time. In 1885, the State of Oregon assumed control of the school; and three years later the agricultural department of the school was transferred to the present site. At the end of one year Corvallis College—the original institution—closed its doors; and in 1899 the building was razed.
LaCreole Academic Institute. In 1856, three men donated 112 acres of land adjacent to the present stie of Dallas for the establishment of a school. February 15th of that year the board of trustees was organized, with Reuben P. Boise as president and Horace Lyman as secretary. The following year the school was opened as LaCreole Academic Institute, with an attendance of 5 7 students. The school was commonly called LaCreole Academy. It steadily increased in popularity; and in 1900 was united with LaFayette Seminary under the corporate name, LaCreole Academy and Dallas College.
