Truman Farm Wayside Exhibit

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Harry S Truman National Historic Site National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Who Lived Here Solomon & Harriet Young John & Martha Truman Parents of Harry, Vivian and Mary Jane; moved family to farm in 1905. Maternal grandparents of Harry Truman. Settled and built first home at Grandview farm in 1867. Original home destroyed by fire and replaced in 1894. Vivian Truman Mary Jane Truman Younger brother of Harry, lived here until 1911 when he married and moved to a nearby farm. Younger sister of Harry and Vivian; helped run the farm after Harry left in 1917. Harry Truman gave up a comfortable bank job in Kansas City to help out on the family farm in 1906. The farmhouse, with no plumbing or electricity, stood in stark contrast to the bright lights of the big city. On the farm, Harry had little privacy, sharing the seven-room house with his grandmother, parents, sister and brother. Harry slept in a room above the dining room with brother Vivian and the hired hands. The bedroom was like an oven in the summer and an icebox in the winter. “It was an awful task to arise this morning in that ten-degree room,” he once wrote. On the farm, Harry put in long days of physically demanding work. In the evenings, the family gathered in the sitting room to read and talk. In the parlor, Harry, Mary Jane, or Mamma played the piano. During Harry’s eleven years on the farm, he worked hard, planned for the future, faced frustration and difficulties with optimism and courage, yet exercised common sense and calm determination. These were characteristics that he would take with him to the White House. Life on the Family Farm I thought maybe by cussing mules and plowing corn I could perhaps overcome my shyness and amount to something. Harry S Truman Lived here 1906-1917, and ran the farm after his father’s death in 1914. Later served as U.S. Senator 1935-45, Vice President 1945, and President 1945-53. Harry S Truman Three generations at the farm. “Mamma” Martha Truman, “Grandma” Harriet Young, & Harry Truman. Images courtesy of the Harry S. Truman Library

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Outdoor wayside exhibit highlighting Truman family members, including future president Harry S Truman, who lived on the farm in Grandview, Missouri.

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Harry S Truman National Historic Site National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the Interior

Who Lived Here

Solomon & Harriet Young

John & Martha TrumanParents of Harry, Vivian and Mary Jane; moved family to farm in 1905.

Maternal grandparents of Harry Truman. Settled and built first home at Grandview farm in 1867. Original home destroyed by fire and replaced in 1894.

Vivian Truman

Mary Jane Truman

Younger brother of Harry, lived here until 1911 when he married and moved to a nearby farm.

Younger sister of Harry and Vivian; helped run the farm after Harry left in 1917.

Harry Truman gave up a comfortable bank job in Kansas City to help out on the family farm in 1906. The farmhouse, with no plumbing or electricity, stood in stark contrast to the bright lights of the big city. On the farm, Harry had little privacy, sharing the seven-room house with his grandmother, parents, sister and brother.

Harry slept in a room above the dining room with brother Vivian and the hired hands. The bedroom was like an oven in the summer and an icebox in the winter. “It was an awful task to arise this morning in that ten-degree room,” he once wrote.

On the farm, Harry put in long days of physically demanding work. In the evenings, the family gathered in the sitting room to read and talk. In the parlor, Harry, Mary Jane, or Mamma played the piano.

During Harry’s eleven years on the farm, he worked hard, planned for the future, faced frustration and difficulties with optimism and courage, yet exercised common sense and calm determination. These were characteristics that he would take with him to the White House.

Life on the Family Farm

I thought maybe by cussing mules and plowing corn I could perhaps overcome my shyness and amount to something. Harry S Truman

Lived here 1906-1917, and ran the farm after his father’s death in 1914. Later served as U.S. Senator 1935-45, Vice President 1945, and President 1945-53.

Harry S Truman

Three generations at the farm. “Mamma” Martha Truman, “Grandma” Harriet Young, & Harry Truman.

Images courtesy of the Harry S. Truman Library