Georgia 4-H Clubs: Motto: "To Make the Best Better"

Georgia 4-H Clubs: Motto: "To Make the Best Better" is a Georgia historical marker in Putnam County, dedicated 1953.

On GA 300 at the north entrance of Rock Eagle 4-H Center.

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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 the leadership of G. C. Adams, County School Superintendent. In 1911 girl's tomato and canning projects were started. Four-H Club work conducted by County Extension Agents, became part of Agricultural Extension Service, College of Agriculture, University of Georgia in 1914. Membership increased to 136,9257 by 1953. The Georgia 4-H Center located in Rock Eagle Park started June 1952, is a tribute to former members, and will be an educational training center for future members.

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1895 · Gen. map VIII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Gen. map IX. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Map of South Carolina (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Gen. map VIII, 1895, covering the location of Georgia 4-H Clubs: Motto: "To Make the Best Better", with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Gen. map VIII, 1895, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Georgia 4-H Clubs: Motto: "To Make the Best Better"

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