A 1869, Tippecanoe County <unk>s tayin hada da $ 150,000 (daidai ne zuwa $ 2.8 miliyan a 2018) daga Lafayette kasuwanci shugaban da kuma philanthropist John Purdue, $50,000 daga gundumar, da kuma 100 acres (0.4 km2) na ƙasar daga gida. A kan 6, 1869, da Majalisar Dattijai kafa ma'aikata a Tippecanoe kamar yadda Purdue, a cikin sunan babban Factor. Classes a Purdue a kan shida jami'o'i.
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