History
The Beginning
Around 1912, E.O. Robinson and F.W. Mowbray, Cincinnati area businessmen, purchased or leased great tracts of land throughout 29 counties in eastern Kentucky for logging.
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Station Dedication
By the week after Labor Day in 1925, the Station was ready for dedication. The ceremony was one week after the dedication of the first Experiment Substation established in Kentucky, in Caldwell County.
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Years: 30's, 40's & 50's
By the early 1930s, the work which Mr. Robinson envisioned a decade earlier was clearly resulting in better lives for families surrounding the Station.
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Years: 60's, 70's, and 80's
The 1960s evidenced a flurry of new activities at the Station. In 1961, the East Kentucky Resource Development Project (EKRDP) was started through a grant from the Kellogg Foundation.
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