• Boy Carver Statue by Robert Amendola

    George Washington Carver

    National Monument Missouri

2011 Holiday Open House

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Date: November 13, 2011

 


Holiday Open House

Saturday, December 10, 2011

1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

The park staff and volunteers invite the public to a holiday celebration of seasonal music, interpretive programs, and refreshments.

Holiday Open House

Holiday Open House News Release

Did You Know?

Ash Hopper at the historic 1881 Moses Carver House

Visitors will see an ash hopper at the historic 1881 Moses Carver House.  The early settlers mixed cold fireplace ash with rain water in the hopper. The caustic mixture became lye.  Animal fat was added for making lye soap. George used lye soap when he operated his laundry business.