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will plant a tree in your name when you purchase either The Trinity or The Tulane globes and return the enclosed card.  Trees will be planted to help rebuild our National State Forests and Parks where extensive forest fires have occurred.

The Roots of Arbor Day

Arbor Day was the idea of J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska City.  Morton, editor of Nebraska's first newspaper, tirelessly advocated planting trees on the native grasslands of his adopted state.  The early settlers needed trees for fuel, food and building material, and to provide windbreaks and shade.

In 1872 Morton first proposed a tree planting holiday to be called "Arbor Day" at a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture.  Prizes were offered to counties and individuals for properly planting the largest number of trees on that day.  It was estimated that more than 1 million trees were planted in Nebraska on the first Arbor Day.  During the 1870s, other states passed legislation to observe Arbor Day and the tradition began in schools in 1882.  By 1894 Arbor Day was celebrated in every state and has now spread to other countries. 

J. Sterling Morton was proud of the success of Arbor Day and noted "Other holidays repose upon the past; Arbor Day proposes for the future."

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