Durham resident Benjamin Thompson left his farm and assets to the state for the establishment of an agricultural college.

On April 18, 1892, the Board of Trustees voted to "authorize the faculty to make all the arrangements for the packing and removal of college property at Hanover to Durham."

In fall of 1893, classes began in Durham with 51 freshmen and 13 upperclassmen, and graduate study was established.

[2] A bill in the New Hampshire legislature to change the name was defeated in February 1911—one newspaper reported "the idea wasn't popular in the rural districts.

"[3] Twelve years later, in 1923, Governor Fred H. Brown signed a bill changing the name of the college to University of New Hampshire.