Wayland University was established as a college at Beaver Dam

The evidence

• “Wayland University was established as a college, by the Baptists, at Beaver Dam, in 1854, but never performed much college work. For three years past, it has been working under a new charter as an academy and preparatory school, and is now known as Wayland Institute.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/03-wisconsin-topography-geology-agriculture.md, PDF p. 146 / book p. 150

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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