J. Sterling Morton was the creator of arbor day. He was born in Adams, New York and was raised in Nebraska City, Nebraska. He went to the University of Michigan and got his diploma in 1854. After collage he married Caroline Joy French. They moved to Nebraska and soon Julius got into the political race. He became the Secretary of State and then became the Acting Governor of Nebraska. Soon after that Julius dropped out of the race and began studying agriculture in 1867-1882. Julius took part in the state board of agriculture and try to help the trees. The board decided to promote Julius' idea of making a day dedicated to trees. Prizes were given to counties who planted the most trees. More then a million trees were guessed to be planted in Nebraska on the first arbor day.
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