 The yeshiva opened its doors to students in the fall of 1967.Due to the yeshiva's unique location (at the time of its founding, YTC was the first full-time yeshiva not located on the east coast), the students were initially mainly from Denver and other western cities.Seattle, Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, Dallas, St. Louis, Vancouver, British Columbia and several other cities were represented, along with "bochurim" from New York City, New Jersey, Baltimore and other east coast communities.