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William Addison “Add” Caldwell, whose childhood home stands three miles north of here, walked 28 miles to Blaksburg on 1 October 1872 and became the first student to register at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, now Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. After graduating in 1876, he was elected secretary of his class alumni association. He later worked as a teacher, clerk, and salesman before his death on 29 June 1910, and he is buried in Radford, Virginia.
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