George Washington Carver Community Celebration
Date
2/1/2025
Time
10:00AM - 12:00PM
Address
Location
Indianola Downtown Mainstreet
Description
Join the hunt to learn more about George W Carver
Print this set of clues or from a student docent circling ‘round the Square
Then step inside these businesses to get your fun fact cards!
East Side of Square
George Washington Carver was a Treasure to everyone he met and our newspapers reported on what he was doing and where he was going his whole life
Southeast Off Square
Unable to Savor The Rise as an artist, George Carver studied agriculture and dedicated his life to helping farmers
George Carver had strong Roots and followed his dreams despite difficulties
South Side of Square
George Carver was a Pageturner, reading as many books as he could
- Getting an education was important and difficult
George Washington Carver had a great spirit and Soulful heart. He took walks in the woods almost every day to find ideas and inspiration
West Side of Square
George W Carver had many Creations and found ways to use plants others considered a weed
- He said, “A weed is just a plant in the wrong location”
Professor Carver wanted to Feed and Foster the poor farmer and his Jessup Wagon was a traveling classroom for teaching farmers
George Carver was skilled in knitting and Stitchery, mending his clothes, which he wore until they were tattered and threadbare
Inside the Corner Sundry, find the 1890 photo when the Square was “wired” for electricity
- George Carver was here when they threw the switch for the new electric lights
Southwest Off Square
George Washington Carver felt a Connection with everything in nature and always had a fresh flower in the buttonhole of his jacket
- Inside are sculptures created by Indianola Middle School students depicting the life of Professor Carver
George Carver lived and ran a laundry business inside a Little Shed
- He worked hard and shopped on the Square for everything he needed
North Side of Square
George Carver studied botany and understood the value and importance of all living things
- Dissect and pollinate flowers at Ouderkirk Law Firm; hosted by ICSD Elementary Science classrooms
Northeast Off Square
Step inside McCoy’s Hardware for a display from the Carver Museum and then plant seeds
- Hosted by the Warren County Historical Society & Museum
Print this set of clues or from a student docent circling ‘round the Square
Then step inside these businesses to get your fun fact cards!
East Side of Square
George Washington Carver was a Treasure to everyone he met and our newspapers reported on what he was doing and where he was going his whole life
Southeast Off Square
Unable to Savor The Rise as an artist, George Carver studied agriculture and dedicated his life to helping farmers
George Carver had strong Roots and followed his dreams despite difficulties
South Side of Square
George Carver was a Pageturner, reading as many books as he could
- Getting an education was important and difficult
George Washington Carver had a great spirit and Soulful heart. He took walks in the woods almost every day to find ideas and inspiration
West Side of Square
George W Carver had many Creations and found ways to use plants others considered a weed
- He said, “A weed is just a plant in the wrong location”
Professor Carver wanted to Feed and Foster the poor farmer and his Jessup Wagon was a traveling classroom for teaching farmers
George Carver was skilled in knitting and Stitchery, mending his clothes, which he wore until they were tattered and threadbare
Inside the Corner Sundry, find the 1890 photo when the Square was “wired” for electricity
- George Carver was here when they threw the switch for the new electric lights
Southwest Off Square
George Washington Carver felt a Connection with everything in nature and always had a fresh flower in the buttonhole of his jacket
- Inside are sculptures created by Indianola Middle School students depicting the life of Professor Carver
George Carver lived and ran a laundry business inside a Little Shed
- He worked hard and shopped on the Square for everything he needed
North Side of Square
George Carver studied botany and understood the value and importance of all living things
- Dissect and pollinate flowers at Ouderkirk Law Firm; hosted by ICSD Elementary Science classrooms
Northeast Off Square
Step inside McCoy’s Hardware for a display from the Carver Museum and then plant seeds
- Hosted by the Warren County Historical Society & Museum