Event
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL ON WHEELS
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Fee:
Free.Repeating Event
Days:
Every day
Dates:
June 11, 2022 to June 12, 2022
Time:
1:00 PM
Duration:
1 hour
Type of Event
Talk
Description
In the early 1900s remote tenant farmers in southern Alabama had a hard time keeping up with farming techniques until the Agricultural School on Wheels came to town! Learn more about this innovative solution to rural farm education that George Washington Carver helped design.
Reservation or Registration: No
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