George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver National Monument, in southern Missouri,is the site of the birthplace and childhood home of the famous African American scientist and educator George Washington Carver. Established in 1943, the 85-ha monument honors the contribution of Carver, who was born to slave parents and rose to prominence as an outstanding innovator in agricultural science . The young Carver lived in a one-room cabin with his mother and brother. After being kidnapped and orphaned, he and his brother were eventually returned to their initial owners, Moses and Susan Carver, who reared the boys as their own. The Carver main house has been restored. The monument also contains a statue of Carver as a boy, a springhouse for storing perishables, and a family cemetary. the acreage includes woodlands, streams, a pond. and tallgrass prairie.