A state historical marker commemorating the first extension agent in Pennsylvania - and one of the first in the United States - was dedicated on June 7 in Schellsburg, Bedford County.
The marker, at 3744 Pitt St., highlights "the beginning of the Agricultural Cooperative Extension Service" and the approximate location where extension agent A.B. Ross officially began his work helping farmers in Bedford and surrounding counties in 1910.
Representatives from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, Bedford County commissioners, state Sen. John Eichelberger, R-Blair, and the president of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents attended the ceremony.
