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What an Orphan Chooses to Forget - and Remember
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By William Fischer, Jr., January 22, 2011 | |
| | | 1. What an Orphan Chooses to Forget - and Remember Marker | | |
Inscription.
Sometime near the end of the Civil War, a slave was born here in a cabin. His mother, Mary, named the baby - her second son - George. Moses Carver had purchased Mary as an enslaved person back in 1855, when she was about 13 years old.
Years of violence and guerrilla war had terrorized settlers here on the frontier Missouri-Kansas border. According to Moses Carver, when raiders found no cash at his farm, they carried off Mary and her baby. Imagine the fear and hopelessness that must have overcome Mary.
Moses asked a local Union scout, John Bentley, to recover his stolen property. Bentley returned with a very sick George, but Mary had disappeared. Carver rewarded Bentley with a $300 racehorse. In George's later memory of this story, he focused on how Moses had made a special effort to get him back. To George, this seemed the first tangible indication that he was a special person, destined to accomplish much with his life.
Erected by National Park Service.
Location. 36° 59.225′ N, 94° 21.299′ W. Marker is near Diamond, Missouri, in Newton County. Click for map. Marker is near the cabin footprint along the nature trail at George Washington Carver National Monument. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5646 Carver Road, Diamond MO 64840, United States of America.
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By William Fischer, Jr., January 22, 2011 | |
| | | 2. What an Orphan Chooses to Forget - and Remember Marker | | Estimated location of the cabin in background. | | |
At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Birthplace of George Washington Carver (here, next to this marker); Special Moments in the Woods (within shouting distance of this marker); George Washington Carver's Thoughts (about 300 feet away, in a direct line); The Moses Carver Farm (about 400 feet away); George Washington Carver National Monument (about 400 feet away); George Washington Carver's Birthplace (about 400 feet away); Williams' Spring (about 600 feet away); The Persimmon Tree (approx. 0.2 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Diamond.
Also see . . .
1. George Washington Carver National Monument. (Submitted on April 27, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)
2. George Washington Carver - Famous Missourian. (Submitted on April 27, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)
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By William Fischer, Jr., January 22, 2011 | |
| | | 3. George Washington Carver National Monument | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on April 27, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas. This page has been viewed 204 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 27, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.
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