Title:
Volume 3, Page 97: Arbor Day Proclamation, 1874
Record Group Number:
RG0001, SG001, S002
Collection:
General Records of the Office of the Governor
Location:
GR
Box:
Volume 3
Folder:
Page 97
Contributing Institution:
History Nebraska; https://history.nebraska.gov/
Creator:
Nebraska. Governor
Creator:
Furnas, Robert
Date:
1874
Description:
While J. Sterling Morton first created Arbor Day in 1872, it was not recognized as a holiday by the government until Governor Robert Furnas issued this proclamation on March 31, 1874. He urged Nebraskans to observe Arbor Day on April 8, 1874 "by planting forest, fruit or ornamental trees."
Language:
eng
Subject (Topics) :
Proclamations
Subject (Topics) :
Arbor Day
Subject (Topics) :
Tree planting
Source (Names):
Nebraska. State Board of Agriculture
Source (Names):
Furnas, Robert W. (Robert Wilkinson), 1824-1905
Source (Names):
Gosper, John Jay, 1841-1913
Source (Places):
Nebraska
Source (Temporal):
1870s
Format-Extent:
1 page
Format-Medium:
Proclamations
Type:
Text
Relation:
Original
Rights:
This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under U.S. copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The organization that has made this item available believes that the item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. (CC Public Domain 1.0 and RightsStatements.org NoC-US 1.0). The original object is available at History Nebraska. For more information contact: hn.web@nebraska.gov
File Format:
TIF
Date Digital :
2022-04-14
Identifier:
RG0001sg0001S002Vol003i0001
