Julius Sterling Morton was the creator of Arbor Day. He was born on April 22, 1832 and died on April 27, 1902. He was born in New York and raised in Detroit. He graduated from the University of Michigan. After receiving his diploma in 1854 he moved to Nebraska with his wife after arriving there he became the editor off the local newspaper. Then for a short period of time served in the Nebraska Tutorial House of Representatives. Then was the Secretary of Nebraska Territory, after that he was the governor of Nebraska. He built 52 room mansion witch was supposed to look like the white house witch is now called Arbor Lodge. Arbor day all started because of His Interest and fascination in trees. He started planting very rare apple trees and instruction of farming and foresting.Because of this he was offered a job on the State Board of Agriculture. On January 4, 1872, Morton first had the idea for a tree-planting holiday to be called "Arbor Day" at a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture. The date was set for April 10, 1872. Prizes were offered to counties and induviduals for planting properly the largest number of trees on that day. It was guessed that more than one million trees were planted in Nebraska on the first Arbor Day.
|
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
May 2013
Categories |