Early Life
George Washington Carver was born in 1864 near Diamond Grove, Missouri
on the farm of Moses Carver. He was born into difficult and changing
times near the end of the Civil War. The infant George and his mother
kidnapped by Confederate night-raiders and possibly sent away to
Arkansas. Moses Carver found and reclaimed George after the war but his
mother had disappeared forever. The identity of Carver's father remains
unknown, although he believed his father was a slave from a neighboring
farm. Moses and Susan Carver reared George and his brother as their own
children. It was on the Moses' farm where George first fell in love with
nature, where he earned the nickname 'The Plant Doctor' and collected
in earnest all manner of rocks and plants.
he discovered, and developed things, but only three of his findings have patients on them...
#1,522,176, 1/6/1925, Cosmetics & Plant Products
#1,541,478, 6/9/1925, Paints & Stains
#1,632,365, 6/14/1927, Paints & Stains
It is rare to find a man of the caliber of George Washington Carver. A man who would decline an invitation to work for a salary of more than $100,000 a year (almost a million today) to continue his research on behalf of his countrymen.
Agricultural Chemistry
As an agricultural chemist, Carver discovered three hundred uses for peanuts and hundreds more uses for soybeans, pecans and sweet potatoes. Among the listed items that he suggested to southern farmers to help them economically were his recipes and improvements to/for: adhesives, axle grease, bleach, buttermilk, chili sauce, fuel briquettes, ink, instant coffee, linoleum, mayonnaise, meat tenderizer, metal polish, paper, plastic, pavement, shaving cream, shoe polish, synthetic rubber, talcum
powder and wood stain.
IN 1998, GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER WAS HONORED WITH THIS STAMP....
WE SALUTE YOU GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER, SIR!!
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