Important Dates
General 4-H History
Adams County 4-H History
Colorado State 4-H History
100

What happened in 1902?

The year 4-H started

100

What are The Tomato Club or The Corn Club.

Names of the first 4-H Clubs.

100

Which is the name of our newest 4-H club?

Boots and Buckles

100

The first 4-H club in Colorado started in what county?

Logan County.

200

What happened in 1910?

When the Clover emblem with an H on each leaf was created.

200

What was the first livestock animal to be shown in 4-H?

Pig (will also take Swine, Hog, etc)

200

Every year we celebrate the years of service put in by our leaders. This year, how many years does our longest serving leader have?

45 years

200

What happen in 1910?

4-H programs started in Colorado.

300

What happened in 1914?

Cooperative Extension was created

300

What comic strip character was used to promote 4-H during the National 4-H Centennial Celebration?

Garfield

300

How many 4-H clubs do we currently have in Adams County?

15

300

What was the name of the 4-H television series produced in Colorado in the mid-1960’s?

Dog Sense

400

What happened in 1948?

When the first International Farm Youth Exchange occurred. (Also would take IFYE, Youth Exchange, or similar) 

400

The one of the 4-H Hs stands for Health but it used to stand for what?

Hustle

400

Where were the first fairgrounds located in Adams County?

Brighton

400

What was created in 1952?

Colorado 4-H Foundation

500

What happened in the 1960s?

Clubs no longer separated by race or gender.

500

What is the act that created Cooperative Extension.

Smith Lever Act

500

Who was Al Lesser?

Adams County Extension Director

500

CSU is one of the few places that contains significant archival collections of 4-H history - records, artifacts and other historical 4-H memorabilia.  What are these places called?

National Repositories for 4-H History

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