Neosho, Missouri
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Neosho is the most populous city in and the county seat of Newton County, Missouri, United States. With a population of 12,590 as of the 2020 census, the city is a part of the Joplin metropolitan area
Newton County Courthouse, 2006
The Southern Belle offered passenger service to Neosho until 1969.
Newton County's Art Deco-style courthouse, built in 1936
View of Neosho's town square. The building directly opposite was the site of the provisional Confederate state capitol building.
George Washington Carver
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George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent Black scie
Neosho, Missouri
…Scott Berry (1962- ) – Southern Miss head baseball coach. George Washington Carver (1864–1943) – African-American inventor and botanist attended school in Neosho. Donn Clendenon (1935–2005) – Major League Baseball first baseman…
Carver c. 1910
The farmhouse of Moses Carver (built in 1881), near the place where George Carver lived as a youth
Carver at work in his laboratory
George Washington Carver, front row, center, poses with fellow faculty of Tuskegee Institute in this c. 1902 photograph taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston.