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The park is a National Historic Landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1969. [ 3 ] The 52-room neo-colonial house began in 1855 for J. Sterling Morton , originator of Arbor Day and Secretary of Agriculture in the 1890s under President Grover Cleveland .
Tree City USA sign in Wakefield, Massachusetts. There are more than 3,400 Tree Cities USA. The following is a partial listing of Tree Cities USA. [1] To be a Tree City, the community must meet four standards set by the National Arbor Day Foundation and the National Association of State Foresters:
Arbor Lodge State Park, west of Nebraska City 40°40′49″N 95°52′42″W / 40.680278°N 95.878333°W / 40.680278; -95.878333 ( Arbor Nebraska City
The first Arbor Day was celebrated on April 10, 1872, in Nebraska. It was estimated that a million trees were planted in Nebraska that day. It was estimated that a million trees were planted in ...
Arbor Lodge State Historical Park: Otoe: 73.85 acres 29.89 ha: Estate of J. Sterling Morton, founder of Arbor Day. Ash Hollow State Historical Park: Garden: 1,001.03 acres 405.10 ha: Major stopover on the Overland Trail Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park: Antelope: 360 acres 150 ha: Fossil remains at a 12-million-year-old watering hole
Arbor Day was founded in 1872 by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska City, Nebraska. By the 1920s, each state in the United States had passed public laws that stipulated a certain day to be Arbor Day or Arbor and Bird Day observance. National Arbor Day is celebrated every year on the last Friday in April; it is a civic holiday in Nebraska.
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Nebraska City is a city in Nebraska and the county seat of Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. [3] As of the 2020 census, the city population was 7,222. [4]The Nebraska State Legislature has credited Nebraska City as being the oldest incorporated city in the state, as it was the first approved by a special act of the Nebraska Territorial Legislature in 1855.