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Kansas 4-H Centennial
1905 - 2005




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Kansas 4-H celebrates its 100th birthday in 2005-06

Centennial Profiles

2006 Kansas State Fair Highlights including Kansas 4-H Centennial Quilt !!

Centennial Candle Carriers for 2006 update

Criteria for choosing the Centennial Candle Carriers - April 24, 2006

Centennial Presentation

Centennial Cookbook

4-H Centennial Community Service Project

Download the State Centennial Logos:
White background 557 x 404 pixels JPEG
Yellow background 505 x 404 pixels JPEG
Both Centennial Logos on a page

Centennial Officer Installation Ceremony

4-H Centennial Ideas for the County Fair

The County Fair Times

Centennial ideas to use in your celebrations

Centennial Skit Centennial CD Music Download Centennial Sheet Music Download

Books about 4-H:

(1) Kansas 4-H, The History of Head, Heart, Hands and Health,1906-1993, by Betty Lou Denton and Merle L. Eyestone. This book, as well as an addendum, is available from The Kansas 4-H Foundation, 116 Umberger Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506. Call (785) 532-5881.

(2) The 4-H Story by Franklin M. Reck in 1951 was the first official history published that portrayed the beginning of the 4-H movement in the United States from 1900 to 1950.

(3) 4-H: An American Idea, 1900-1980 was authored by Tom and Marilyn Wessel in 1981.

4-H History	4-H Images of the Past
1905 to1919	1st Decade
1920's	2nd Decade
1930's	3rd Decade
1940-1945	4th Decade
1946-1949	4th Decade
1950's	5th Decade
1960's	6th Decade
1970's	7th Decade
1980's	8th Decade
1990's	9th Decade
2000's	10th Decade

The 4-H Centennial web site was the source of the national pictures and comments and the book Kansas 4-H, The History of Head, Heart, Hands and Health by Betty Lou Denton and Merle L. Eyestone for the Kansas pictures and comments.

Links to 4-H and Kansas History:

(1) National 4-H Hall of Fame (http://www.nae4ha.org/hof/index.htm) -- J. Harold Johnson, former State 4-H Leader and 4-H Agent in Kansas is among those listed. Merle Eyestone was selected for induction into the Class of 2003 National 4-H Hall of Fame. Mr. Eyestone is a former 4-H Agent in Shawnee County; others will remember him from his years as Director at Rock Springs or with the Kansas 4-H Foundation. Otis Hall, the first Kansas State Leader and author of the National 4-H pledge, was inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame in 2004. Glenn Bussett, the first State 4-H Leader to also be a former 4-H'er, was inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame in 2005.

(2) Distinguished 4-H Alumni List (http://www.nae4ha.org/4hda.htm) -- Find former 4-H'ers in Business & Industry, Communications, Education, Entertainment, Public Service, and Sports.

(3) Kansas State Fair History (http://www.kansasstatefair.com) Click on "About the Fair" link.

4-H Songs and Sheet Music History and Download: http://www.4hcentennial.org/history/songmain.asp

Kansas 4-H Youth Development Programs are part of K-State Research and Extension located at Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
The 4-H Name and Emblem are protected under federal statute (Title 18, U.S.C. 707).
This page last modified Monday January 29, 2007