100 Year Celebration of George Washington Carver Tour in Tyler Texas

309 West Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard,Tyler TX 75702

28 January, 2023

Description

George Washington Carver Tour was arranged under the auspices of Jarvis Christian Institute in Hawkins, Texas. The Texas Tour Itinerary of Dr. George W. Carver - Tuskegee Institute as follows: Jarvis Christian Institue - 1/24/1923 Mineola High School - 1/24/1923 Fort Worth High School - 1/25/1923 Booker T. Washington High School of Dallas -1/26/1923 Forney High School - 1/27/1923 Samuel Huston College of Austin - 1/29/1923 Texas College of Tyler - 1/30/1923 Elim Springs - 1/31/1923 and Wiley University of Marshall - 1/31/19 George Washington Carver (c. 1864 - January 5, 1943) 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. While a professor at Tuskegee Institute, Carver developed techniques to improve types of soils depleted by repeated plantings of cotton. He wanted poor farmers to grow other crops, such as peanuts and sweet potatoes, as a source of their own food and to improve their quality of life. The most popular of his 44 practical bulletins for farmers contained 105 food recipes using peanuts. Although he spent years developing and promoting numerous products made from peanuts, none became commercially successful.