Dr. Carver is shown at work at Tuskegee University, Ala., in September 1938. (Flickr Photo Courtesy of USDAgov)
World famous botanist, scientist and inventor, George Washington Carver attended school in Minneapolis, in Ottawa County, Kan. He is credited with numerous inventions, mostly in the field of agriculture. Indeed, he even came up with more than 300 uses for the peanut and peanut oil. Oddly, the peanut butter sandwich was NOT one of his inventions. The U.S. Postal Service honored him in the late 1940s by issuing a 3-cent postage stamp depicting the African-American agricultural genius. In addition to attending school in Minneapolis, Carver was a member of the Presbyterian Church and its choir, and later operated a laundry in town.
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