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Clinton County, Iowa 4-H History

Posted on April 12, 2017 at 8:53 AM by Emily Saveraid

Iowa State College was doing extension work with rural boys and girls before the Extension Service was established in 1906....

Butler County, Iowa 4-H History

Posted on April 12, 2017 at 8:30 AM by Emily Saveraid

20’s The 4-H program in Butler County has been expanding the lives of youth for 90 years.  It was first...

Fayette County, Iowa 4-H History

Posted on April 12, 2017 at 8:13 AM by Emily Saveraid

Fayette County’s first 4-H club was organized late in 1918.  During the year 1919, Holstein calf, baby beef, and corn...

Louisa County, Iowa 4-H History

Posted on April 11, 2017 at 10:10 PM by Emily Saveraid

With the passage of the Smith-Lever Act by the United States Congress in 1914, the Cooperative Extension Service was established. ...

Chickasaw County, Iowa 4-H History

Posted on April 11, 2017 at 9:59 PM by Emily Saveraid

The first record of women’s activities in the county was in 1919 and was stated in the negative when the...

Jefferson County, Iowa 4-H History

Posted on April 11, 2017 at 9:17 PM by Emily Saveraid

Starting back in 1922 -1923, 24 boys and girls clubs, 335 members.  It was a clothing year for girls.  Some...

Wapello County, Iowa 4-H History

Posted on April 11, 2017 at 8:03 AM by Emily Saveraid

In July, 1946, Ruth Streicher of Wapello County was elected state president of the Iowa Girls 4-H club at the...

Tama County, Iowa 4-H History

Posted on April 10, 2017 at 4:49 PM by Emily Saveraid

The early work with club programs is not documented but it is thought to have started around 1919 in Tama...

Monona County, Iowa 4-H History

Posted on April 10, 2017 at 4:44 PM by Emily Saveraid

Monona County’s first 4-H Club started in 1923 called the Jordan Sunshine 4-H Club with Mrs. Joe Bellis as leader. ...

Winnebago County, Iowa 4-H History

Posted on April 8, 2017 at 6:57 AM by Emily Saveraid

Boys’ 4-H club work first began in 1919, but was then dropped for several years and then started again.  Girls’...
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