Important Dates
What happened in 1902?
The year 4-H started
What are The Tomato Club or The Corn Club.
Names of the first 4-H Clubs.
Which is the name of our newest 4-H club?
Boots and Buckles
The first 4-H club in Colorado started in what county?
Logan County.
What happened in 1910?
When the Clover emblem with an H on each leaf was created.
What was the first livestock animal to be shown in 4-H?
Pig (will also take Swine, Hog, etc)
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
What happen in 1910?
4-H programs started in Colorado.
What happened in 1914?
Cooperative Extension was created
What comic strip character was used to promote 4-H during the National 4-H Centennial Celebration?
Garfield
How many 4-H clubs do we currently have in Adams County?
15
What was the name of the 4-H television series produced in Colorado in the mid-1960’s?
Dog Sense
What happened in 1948?
When the first International Farm Youth Exchange occurred. (Also would take IFYE, Youth Exchange, or similar)
The one of the 4-H Hs stands for Health but it used to stand for what?
Hustle
Where were the first fairgrounds located in Adams County?
Brighton
What was created in 1952?
Colorado 4-H Foundation
What happened in the 1960s?
Clubs no longer separated by race or gender.
What is the act that created Cooperative Extension.
Smith Lever Act
Who was Al Lesser?
Adams County Extension Director
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