Youth development specialist Janice Emery-Weddle sits at her desk inside the University of Missouri Texas County Extension office in Houston with several items related to the history of 4-H in Texas County. Included in the artifacts are National 4-H Week posters from the mid-1960s, Texas County 4-H club rosters and other information from the 1940s, a book from the 1964 chronicling 50 years of 4-H and an 4-H song book from 1968. National 4-H Week this year is Oct. 1 through 7.

The origins of 4-H in the U.S. can be traced back to 1902 and national 4-H organization was formed in 1914.

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