Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 8, 1977 Bryan-College Station Eagle, Bryan, Texas, February 29, 1976: The local legend is that Harvey Mitchell won a poker hand against John G. Bell the winner of which would secure the rights to become the location of Texas A&M. https://newspaper.library.tamu.edu/lccn/sn86088544/1915-02-24/ed-1/seq-1/