Arbour Day promotes the Victorian doctrine that humans can improve upon the basic world. Nebraska inaugurated the first Arbour Day in 1872, urging settlers to cover the treeless grasslands with seedlings for shade, fruit, fuel and beauty.
An early conservationist, he understood the importance of planting trees to prevent the loss of valuable topsoil. In 1872, as a member of the Nebraska Board of Agriculture.
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