Located in Diamond, Missouri, this National Monument is dedicated to preserving the birth and childhood home of one of the co-founders of the Tuskegee Institute, a skilled inventor, and scientist.
George was born just before the end of the Civil War, 1864 or 1865. He continued to work on the farm and develop an understanding for agriculture. He eventually obtained a high school diploma in Kansas as well as a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Iowa. Beyond inventions, he advanced the science of crop rotation to avoid soil depletion and co-founded the Tuskegee Institute, now Tuskegee University.
