If it’s a good thing and happening in Eagle Rock, we probably had a hand in funding it. We also fund or partially fund community projects. Among our most important recommendations concern Land Use – any new building or change in use in Eagle Rock comes before our Land Use Committee. We consider issues relevant to our community, and make recommendations to the City of Los Angeles, City Council and the Mayor. It will be used to develop the boys and girls who make the Nation’s leaders.The Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council (ERNC) is an official city organization, staffed entirely by elected volunteers and given a working budget of $37,000 per year. Aiton, National 4-H Club Leader said, “The Center’s timbered hills will now grow a crop even greater than cotton or livestock which once covered the area. During the dedication of the 4-H Center, E.W. Rock Eagle 4-H Center has served millions of people from throughout the United States and all over the world. Later, in 1955, the center was opened for operation. On October 31, 1954, the 4-H Center was dedicated. The building now serves as the Administration Office for the fiscal operations of the center and provides office space for the 4-H Summer Camping Program, 4-H Environmental Education, and 4-H Technology staff. In June of 1952, 4-H’ers attended ground breaking activities at the new 4-H Center site.Ĭonstruction was started and the prisoners lived on the 4-H Center in a prison facility built on site. Talmadge agreed that for every private dollar the 4-H Foundation raised he would match it with one state dollar, in addition to providing skilled prison labor to construct the facility. Sutton, with the aid of the Foundation Board of Directors, secured matching state funds from Governor Herman Talmadge. (Red) Smith, County Extension Agent in Putnam County, suggested that the center be built near the Rock Eagle Effigy Mound in the northern end of Putnam County. Location of the 4-H center was selected in 1950 when John A. The Foundation was created to raise and administer funding for the construction of Rock Eagle. Sutton and other 4-H supporters and employees of the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service chartered the Georgia 4-H Foundation. Sutton dreamed of building a 4-H center where 1,000 boys and girls could attend camp at one time. During this time, Bill Sutton served as State 4-H Leader, overseeing one of the most rapid growth periods of 4-H membership in the state of Georgia. In 1947, Georgia 4-H’ers began camping at Tybee Island 4-H Center near Savannah.
The oldest of the facilities is Wahsega 4-H Center just north of Dahlonega, which began operation in the 1930’s. Historyĭuring the 1940’s the Georgia 4-H Program operated two 4-H facilities. The only other recognized stone effigy mound east of the Mississippi River is Rock Hawk, also located in Putnam County near Lake Oconee.
Department of the Interior listed the mound on the National Register of Historic Places. Some scientists have suggested a possible relationship between the builders of Rock Eagle and the Hopewell Culture, mound builders active in the Great Lakes region and the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys from 200 B.C. Many believe it was built for religious or ceremonial purposes.Īrchaeologists associate the mound with the Middle Woodland Period (100-300 A.D.). Measuring eight feet high at the breast and consisting entirely of milky quartz rocks, it was probably built about 2,000 years ago by Native Americans. Shaped like a prone bird, the Rock Eagle Mound is a stone effigy. Civic, religious and business groups utilize Rock Eagle 4-H Center for their conferences and meetings as well. Many 4-H’ers from around the state attend competitive events, leadership conferences and rallies at Rock Eagle. Thousands of young people annually participate in the Georgia 4-H Environmental Education Program, as well as the Summer Camping Program made available through Georgia’s County Extension Offices. Opened in 1955, Rock Eagle is the largest of five centers operated by the University of Georgia as support for the state’s 4-H Program. With nearly 1,500 acres of forested land, including a 110 acre lake, Rock Eagle is a natural meeting site away from everyday life. Rock Eagle 4-H Center is located north of Eatonton, Georgia, adjacent to the Oconee National Forest.
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