Introduction : reconsidering the origins and early years of the land-grant college movement -- Experimentation in antebellum higher education -- Justin Morrill, the Land-Grant Act of 1862, and the birth of the land-grant colleges -- The land-grant reformation -- The new middle class and the state college ideal -- Progressivism and the rise of extension -- Coeducation and land-grant women -- Conclusion : land-grant memories, legacies, and horizons.