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Alternative Title: Julius Sterling Morton
J. Sterling Morton, in full
Julius Sterling Morton, (born April 22, 1832, Adams, N.Y., U.S. died April 27, 1902, Lake Forest, Ill.), U.S. secretary of agriculture under President Grover Cleveland (1893–97) and founder of Arbor Day.
In 1854 Morton settled in the Nebraska Territory, where he founded and edited the
Nebraska City News and became active in local Democratic politics. He served in the territorial legislature (1855–56; 1857–58) and in 1858 was named by President James Buchanan to the post of territorial secretary. He served as secretary and later as acting governor until 1861. After Nebraska’s admission to the Union in 1867, Morton ran four unsuccessful campaigns for governor. From 1893 to 1897 Morton served as secretary of agriculture in the Grover Cleveland administration.
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10 Beautiful Historic Mansions To Visit In The Midwest
Mar.17.2021
Once the homes of land barons, bankers, railroad tycoons, and shipping magnates, giant mansions would often stand tall on bluffs and hills, overlooking towns across the Midwest, much like a king looking down on his fiefdom. With wings set aside for family members, entertaining, or other reasons, mansions showed the rest of the world how wealthy you were.
Today, several mansions from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are museums of sorts, telling the stories of the families and their impacts on their communities.
Through our travels, both hosted and on our own, my wife and I have visited several mansions because we enjoy learning the backstory, as well as local history. The mansions I selected for this article are ones that really stood out to me, and show similarities and differences of communities across the region.
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