1831-1842
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Thomas Jackson lived at the old mill site |
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1912
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Federal-state-county programs established |
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Agricultural boys and girls clubs formed in white
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Earl W. Sheets appointed first state club agent |
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1914
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Smith-Lever Act forms Cooperative Extension Service |
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1915
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Camp Good Luck: First county 4-H camp in the United
States held in West Virginia |
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Extension work with black students begins in Pocahontas
County, with J.E. Banks, a black teacher, as local leader |
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1919
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4-H All Stars formed |
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1920s
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Property acquired from Monongahela Power Company
and cottage building begins |
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1920
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4-H Charting Program formalized |
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4-H club agents hired |
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W.H. "Teepi" Kendrick appointed first
director of Jackson's Mill |
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1921
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First state 4-H camp in the world held at Jackson's
Mill |
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1923
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Assembly Hall completed |
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1924
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4-H name and emblem patented |
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1926
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Mount Vernon Dining Hall completed |
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McWhorter Cabin moved |
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1927
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4-H pledge and motto adopted |
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Director's Residence completed |
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1934
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Replica of World's Fair Building "West Virginia
Building" built |
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1937
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Charles "Uncle Charley" Hartley named
director of Jackson's Mill |
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1940s
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Sewing Center and FHE buildings (now Southeastern
Learning Center and Electric Energy Center) completed |
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1940
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Outdoor theater built |
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1941
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Victory gardens and production-oriented projects
started |
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1949
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Teepi Shrine built |
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1950s
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Program focuses on needs of youth |
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1950
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Health Center completed |
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1951
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International 4-H Youth Exchange Program (IFYE)
established |
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National 4-H Foundation began |
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1952
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Administration Building (now Ag Hall of Fame) completed |
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1954
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Youth programs begin desegregation |
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1956
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Flameway Hall completed |
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1959
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National 4-H Center opens |
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All Faith Prayer Chapel completed |
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1960s
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Jackson Lodge built by Mill staff |
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1963
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"A Leaf Unfurled" pageant draws over 2,500
people at outdoor theater (history of 4-H and Jackson's Mill) |
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1964
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Community and school 4-H programs reached 36,000
youths |
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1965
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Urban 4-H Program endorsed by ECOP |
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1966
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Mildred Fizer assumes leadership of West Virginia
4-H, becoming the first woman in the nation to head a state 4-H program |
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1968
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Jackson Lodge completed |
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1970s
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Dorsey Resource Center established |
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1974
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4-H membership exceeded 7 million with 4-H's TV
"Mulligan Stew" |
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1980s and 1990s
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The Historic Area developed and Health Center converted
to Administration Building |
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1980
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ALPHA combines State 4-H Boys' Camp and State 4-H
Girls' Camp |
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1988
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Youth at Risk National Initiative begins |
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1997
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National 4-H Public Service Ad Campaign "Are
You Into It?" conducted |
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W. Va. 4-H Club Foundation reached $1.7 million
in assets |
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2001
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Master Facility Plan adopted |
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2002
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National Conversation on Youth Development held |
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Lewis Cottage rededicated |
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National 4-H Hall of Fame inducts inaugural class
of 100, which includes five West Virginia 4-H educators: Mildred Fizer,
Sam Gwinn, William Kendrick, J.O. Knapp, and Jack Tyree
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