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The Beginning of Agricultural Cooperative Extension Service

The Beginning of Agricultural Cooperative Extension Service is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Bedford County, dedicated 2012.

3744 Pitt St. (Rt. 30), Schellsburg (next to bank)

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One of the nation's earliest cooperative extension offices was established in 1910 in Schellsburg, Bedford County with A. B. Ross as county agent. The innovative program sought to educate farmers about agricultural science to increase their productivity. County Extension offices are now found throughout the US. Farmers and other citizens continue to benefit from agents' expertise on agriculture, 4-H programs, and family and consumer science.

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USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection

Historical maps covering this location

1889 · Virginia and West Virginia (eastern portion). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1908 · Bedford, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1910 · Bedford, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Pennsylvania, 1903, covering the location of The Beginning of Agricultural Cooperative Extension Service, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1903, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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