Goldsberry Township in Mountain View in Howell County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
George Washington Carver Green Ash
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 20, 2021
1. George Washington Carver Green Ash Marker
George Washington Carver was born into slavery in the early 1860's in Diamond, Missouri, in a one-room cabin. Soon after birth, he and his mother were kidnapped by bushwhackers. He was found in Arkansas but his mother was never seen again and Carver and his brother Jim, were reared by Moses and Susan Carver, a white farming family. At age 12 he left home with the perceptions of a naturalist and inquiring spirit of a scientist. Carver first received national attention because of his work in extracting an array of products from the peanut and sweet potato plants which he hoped would improve the lot of "the man further down" — the poor, one-horse farmer. His life has deeply influenced people both black and white by his achievements, which began in the shade of the George Washington Carver Green Ash, which stands at his humble birth place in Diamond, Missouri. Your tree grew from a seed hand picked from the George Washington Carver Green Ash.
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Agriculture • Horticulture & Forestry • Science & Medicine.
Location. 36° 59.926′ N, 91° 42.36′ W. Marker is in Mountain View, Missouri, in Howell County. It is in Goldsberry Township. Marker can be reached from North Pine Street just north of West 4th Street, on the left when traveling north. The marker and tree are located along the walkway in West Side Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 406 North Pine Street, Mountain View MO 65548, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Minuteman Silver Maple (a few steps from this marker); Trail of Tears Redbud (a few steps from this marker); Manassas Red Oak (within shouting distance of this marker); John F. Kennedy Crabapple (within shouting distance of this marker); Mount Vernon Red Maple (within shouting distance of this marker); Mark Twain Cave Bur Oak (within shouting distance of this marker); Moon Sycamore (within shouting distance of this marker); Lindbergh Red Maple (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mountain View.
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 20, 2021
2. George Washington Carver Green Ash Marker & Tree
Also see . . .
1. George Washington Carver (Wikipedia).
George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century. Three American presidents — Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge and Franklin Roosevelt — met with him. From 1923 to 1933, Carver toured white Southern colleges for the Commission on Interracial Cooperation. The George Washington Carver National Monument west-southwest of Diamond, Missouri, where Carver had spent time in his childhood, opened in July 1953. This was the first national monument dedicated to an African American and the first to honor someone other than a president. In 1977, Carver was elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. In 1990, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. In 1994, Iowa State University awarded Carver a Doctor of Humane Letters. In 2000, Carver was a charter inductee in the USDA Hall of Heroes as the "Father of Chemurgy". In 2005, Carver's research at the Tuskegee Institute was designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark by the American Chemical Society.(Submitted on November 29, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
2. American Forests™ website
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 20, 2021
3. George Washington Carver Green Ash Leaf Detail
Credits. This page was last revised on November 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 67 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 29, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
