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And a gentleman named J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska City had the idea for a holiday for planting trees.
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Secretary J. Sterling Morton, the father of "Arbor Day," responded with the following earnest letter, which was at once given to the public through Washington dispatches, and later was sent out from the
Bird Day; How to prepare for it Charles Almanzo Babcock
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One of the wisest things ever said about the newspaper business was said by the late J. Sterling Morton, of Nebraska.
In Our Town William Allen White 1906
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If J. Sterling Morton would only shave his head he could get four dollars a day for playing What-Is-It in a dime museum.
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He must have seen that brilliant bon mot in the Chicago Inter-Ocean Poor J. Sterling Morton.
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As a mark of respect to the memory of J. Sterling Morton, formerly
Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Section 2 (of 2) of Supplemental Volume: Theodore Roosevelt, Supplement Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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J. Sterling Morton, a pioneer and journalist, championed the idea of a "tree planting" holiday in the Nebraska territory.
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J. Sterling Morton, a pioneer and journalist, championed the idea of a "tree planting" holiday in the Nebraska territory.
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J. Sterling Morton, a pioneer and journalist, championed the idea of a "tree planting" holiday in the Nebraska territory.
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In the midst of the chaos came Earth Day, a radical evolution of Arbor Day, the national tree-planting holiday begun by the conservative conservationist J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska in 1872, whose idea was to enhance his state's soil for farming.
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