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George Washington Carver was born to slave parents in Diamond Grove, Missouri in 1864.
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George Washington Carver enrolls in Simpson College in Iowa. He was following his dream.
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George Washington Carver earns his Bachelor's degree. He graduated from Iowa state college of agriculture
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George Washington Carver creates the Jessup Agricultural Wagon.Carver designs a horse-drawn vehicle, called the Jessup Agricultural Wagon, that allows him to do demonstrations of his experiments for farmers.
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George Washington Carver receives the Spingarn Medal for Distinguished Service to Science
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Carver receives an honorary Doctorate of Science from Simpson College.
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Carver is appointed a collaborator with the United States Department of Agriculture. Carver begins to work with the United States Department of Agriculture on the study of plant diseases.
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Carver establishes the George Washington Carver Research Foundation at Tuskegee.Carver donates his life savings of $60,000 to the George Washington Carver Research Foundation at the Tuskegee Institute
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The George Washington Carver National Monument is established at his birthplace in Missouri.
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He will be inducted into the USDA Hall of Fame in 2000
