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Julius Sterling Morton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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About the statue of Julius Sterling Morton, given by Nebraska to the National Statuary Hall Collection ... Julius Sterling Morton was born on April 22, 1832, in Adams, Jefferson County, New York. His family migrated west; Morton was raised in Detroit and attended the University of Michigan.
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State of Nebraska, and the State Board of; Agriculture hereby name it Arbor Day; and to urge upon the people of the State the vital importance of tree planting.” It was; FOREST HISTORY TODAY | FALL 2000 31; Julius Sterling Morton.
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Arbor Day is no longer just a U.S. holiday; it has spread around the world and it's appeal is a testament to J. Sterling Morton and his love of nature. (bio by: Marta Dawes) ; Search Amazon for Julius Morton...
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J. Sterling Morton (1832-1903) ... Julius Sterling Morton, noted politician and together with Robert Furnas the co-founder of Arbor Day, was born in New York state and educated in Michigan. ... Morton and his bride, Carolyn Joy, set out for Nebraska territory on their wedding day in the fall of 1854. They soon settled in...
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3 quotes and quotations by Julius Sterling Morton ... Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future. ... Each generation takes the earth as trustees. We ought to bequeath to posterity as many forests and orchards as we have exhausted and consumed.
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Long before we celebrated Arbor Day, before anyone came up with the term ecology or the idea of an Earth Day, even before most people would have guessed that we should pay attention to the health of our environment...there was Julius Sterling Morton.
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Julius Sterling Morton was born in Adams, Jefferson County, New York, on April 22, 1832 to Julius Dewey and Emeline Sterling Morton. J. Sterling, as he came to be known, was the eldest of the three children, with the other two William D. and Emma.
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Welcome to J. Sterling Morton High School District 201; Welcome to J. Sterling Morton High School District 201. Morton High Schools serve more than 8,000 students from the communities of Berwyn, Cicero, Forest View, Lyons, McCook and Stickney.
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