- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Georgia 4-H Center historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Putnam County
4-H clubs--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Putnam County, 33.32177, -83.37284
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 441 at entrance to Rock Eagle 4-H Club Center, just north of Eatonton
Text of marker: "GEORGIA 4-H CENTER. This Georgia 4-H Center is a tribute to former members and an educational training center for all future members. Georgia 4-H Club work, with its equal training of the Head, heart, Hands and Health, started in 1905 with 151 boys, each growing one acre of corn, under leadership of G.C. Adams, County School Superintendent. In 1911 girls' tomato and canning projects were started. Led by County Extension Agents, 4-H Club work became part of the Agricutural [sic] Extension Service, University of Georgia, and U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1914. Membership 126,927 in 1953. 117-2 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_georgia-4-h-center
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_georgia-4-h-center
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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