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Path through woods that
inspired George as a child |
The very next day we were on to another history lesson. This
time we visited
George Washington Carver National Monument in southeastern
Missouri. This is another remarkable site by the National Park Service. The
monument is on the land where George lived as a child and includes the location
of the cabin in which he was born. The visitor center has a wonderful museum
that tells his remarkable life story from being an orphaned son of a slave and
raised by his owner Moses Carver, his love of nature, his relentless pursuit of
an education, his research work of many different types and finally as an
educator. He was a truly remarkable man.
The park service has acquired the entire land tract of
the Carvers which allowed them to put in a walking path through the woods and prairie
where George explored, learned about plants and inspired him his entire life.
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Visitor Center | 1881 Moses Carver House
George did not live in this one |
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