KCTV 5George Washington Carver Child Development Center molding minds

Visitors to George Washington Carver National Monument will now have a more scenic route to take. It's thanks to new exhibit panels along the mile-long trail. The panels feature original paintings inspired by Carver's childhood memories.

By Kay Hively Christy Hyman came to Southwest Missouri last June to become a park guide at the George Washington Carver National Monument. But, as interested in Carver as she is, she has found someone else who has fascinated her more.

George Washington Carver was born in Missouri [in] 1861. He studied plants and farming. George studied even more about plants. He made peanuts [into] peanut butter, ice cream, paper, ink, shaving cream, and shampoo.

I just finished reading a wonderful biography My Work is That of Conservation – an environmental biography of George Washington Carver by Mark Hersey. The book goes beyond the caricature of Carver as the "Peanut Man"

George Washington Carver was amongst the best African-American who had invented several items from agricultural crops including peanut, sweet potato and soybeans.. His most considerable inventions were the crop