Jireh College

The Reverend George Dalzell, a Congregational minister serving in Lusk, Wyoming, founded this Christian college to help settle the surrounding area. Dalzell secured 320 acres of land west of Manville, Wyoming, and the land was organized and settled under the Jireh Land Company starting in 1908. Ground was broken for Jireh College in 1909 and classes began that summer. The Jireh Land Company sponsored the College until 1916, when the College was incorporated and the Land Company was dissolved. A lack of funding from the Congregational denomination after World War I caused the school and the surrounding town of Jireh to close in 1920.

From the description of Records, 1908-1942 (bulk 1908-1920). (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 27703413