N'afọ 1869, ndị Indiana General Assembly mere ntuli aka iji uru nke Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act nke 1862, wee malite atụmatụ iji guzobe ụlọ ọrụ na-elekwasị anya na ọrụ ugbo na injinịa. Obodo dị iche iche na steeti ahụ nyere ụlọ ọrụ ha na ego ha iji nye onyinye maka ebe kọleji ọhụrụ ahụ dị. Nkwupụta ndị a na-ewu ewu gụnyere mgbakwunye nke ngalaba ọrụ ugbo na Indiana State University ma ọ bụ na ihe bụ Mahadum Butler ugbu a. Ka ọ na-erule 1869, onyinye Tippecanoe County gụnyere $ 150,000 (dabara na $ 2.8 nde na 2018) site n'aka onye isi azụmaahịa Lafayette na onye ọrụ ebere John Purdue, $ 50,000 sitere na mpaghara ahụ, na 100 acres (0.4 km2) nke ala sitere na mpaghara ahụ. Na May 6, 1869, General Assembly guzobere ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na Tippecanoe dị ka Purdue, n'aha onye isi ụlọ ọrụ ahụ.
100 acres