The Salad Bowl Strike
On August 23, 1970, the largest farm worker strike in US history began. The strike lasted for nearly seven months, with growers losing about $500,000 a day.
On August 23, 1970, the largest farm worker strike in US history began. The strike lasted for nearly seven months, with growers losing about $500,000 a day.
On July 2, 1862, the Morrill Act was signed into law, promoting a new direction for American education.
Inventor and businessman Cyrus McCormick died on May 13, 1884, in Chicago, Illinois.
On January 15, 1902, one of the first clubs to resemble the 4-H club was founded in Ohio.
Agricultural science pioneer Luther A. Burbank was born on March 7, 1849, in Lancaster, Massachusetts.
Barbara McClintock was born Eleanor McClintock on June 16, 1902, in Hartford, Connecticut.
Inventor and businessman Cyrus McCormick died on May 13, 1884, in Chicago, Illinois.
Botanist and inventor George Washington Carver died on January 5, 1943, in Tuskegee, Alabama.
On November 29, 1777, the first non-military settlement in California was established as El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe in Alta, California.