This timeline is in the Carver home at the George Washington Carver National Monument. You must pay the normal
National Park fee during your visit to take the walk to this home. The timeline says:
1830s - Moses and Susan Carver move to Newton County, MO
August 9, 1844 - Moses Carver purchases 40 acres from his brother Richard
June 7, 1845 - Under 1841 Preemption Act, U.S. government grants Moses Carver a patent for 160 acres
April 14, 1853 - Under 1841 Preemption Act, U.S. government grants Moses Carver a patent for 40 acres
1855 - Slave girl, Mary, purchased for $700; lives in slave cabin
c. 1855 - Moses & Susan Carver build additional log cabin; earlier log cabin becomes slave cabin
c. 1859 - Mary gives birth to Jim in slave cabin
c. 1864 - Mary gives birth to George in slave cabin
c. 1865 - Mary and baby George abducted; orphaned George and Jim live with Moses and Susan in their cabin
1870s - Leaves farm for school in Neosho after rejection from local school due to race
1878 - Moves to Ft. Scott, KS; lives with blacksmith and goes to school
1879 - Witnesses lynching in Ft. Scott, KS; moves to Olathe from Paola, KS
1880s - Moves to Minneapolis, KS; lives in "Poverty Gulch" and finishes high school
c. 1880s - Visits Moses and Susan at the Carver farm, and the Watkins in Neosho
1880s - Log cabin abandoned or dismantled, possibly due to tornado damage
c. 1881 - Moses Carver house built near site of log cabin
June 14, 1883 - Jim Carver dies of smallpox; buried in Newton County, MO [near Seneca]
1884 - Moves to Kansas City
1884 - Accepted then denied admission to Highland College because of his race
1888 - Moved to Winterset, IA
1890 - Enrolled at Simpson College
1891 - Moves to Ames, IA to attend Iowa State College; lives in an old office
January 23, 1892 - Susan Carver dies; buried in the Carver family cemetery
1896 - Earns Master of Agriculture degree; accepts faculty position at Alabama's Tuskegee Institute; lives on campus
[1901-1902 - Moses deeds lands over to others]
1908 - Visits Moses in Galena, KS
December 20, 1910 - Moses Carver dies; buried in the Carver family cemetery
1911 - Moses Carver's heirs sell property to Samuel Warden
1913 - Samuel Warden sells property to Cassius Shartel
January 5, 1943 - George Washington Carver dies and is buried on the campus of Tuskegee Institute, in Tuskegee, Alabama where he worked as agricultural scientist, researcher, and teacher for 47 years
1943 - Congress establishes George Washington Carver National Monument
1948 - Stratton Shartel sells property to Dawson Derfelt
September 21, 1951 - U.S. government acquires title to 240 acres of the farm