George Washington Carver - Neosho, MO
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N 36° 52.217 W 094° 22.331
15S E 377698 N 4081362
This pathway honors some of Neosho's outstanding citizens
Waymark Code: WMKDHY
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/26/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Geo Ferret
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County of marker" Newton County
Location of marker: W. Spring St., Pathway-Of-Outstanding-Citizens, Big Spring Park, Neosho
Died: Jan. 5, 1943
Buried: Tuskegee University Campus Cemetery, Tuskegee, AL

Marker text:

A former slave boy
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
came to Neosho in the 1870s seeking an education. Ar Neosho's Lincoln School, he began his long climb out of ignorance. This was his first step toward becoming a world-famous scientist and teacher at Tuskegee. Dr. Carver died in 1943.
Tuskegee
Iowa State
Simpson College
Minneapolis (Ks) High
Lincoln School - Neosho

More of him in Missouri and with peanuts.

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