EDWARDSVILLE, Kan. (KCTV) - An Edwardsville street has been renamed in honor of Junius Groves, recognized as the ‘Potato King.’ Groves was born a slave and built a potato empire in Kansas. Now when ...
The “Potato King of the World” hailed from the Sunflower State. Historical records credited the king, Junius Groves, with growing more bushels of potatoes per acre than anyone else in the world. He ...