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Morton Salt is an American food company producing salt for food, water conditioning, industrial, agricultural, and road/highway use. Based in Chicago , [ 1 ] the business is North America's leading producer and marketer of salt.
Morton was born on September 27, 1855, in Detroit, Michigan. [2] His mother, Caroline Joy, was an accomplished artist, musician, and gardener. His father, Julius Sterling Morton, a newspaperman and a leader in Nebraska territorial and state politics, played a key role in establishing Arbor Day, and served as the United States secretary of agriculture in the second administration (1893–1897 ...
In 1885, he and Joy Morton co-founded the Joy Morton Lumber Co. They later co-founded the Morton Sand and Gravel Company. [3] They purchased Richmond and Company, a salt distributor in 1886 and renamed it Joy Morton and Company. Mark Morton was the company's vice president and one of its directors from its founding until his retirement in 1922.
The house was originally a modest 4-room frame structure on 160 acres (65 ha). It was extended several times, most recently in 1903, and in later years served as the summer home for his son Joy Morton, founder of Morton Salt Company. The mansion features Victorian and Empire furnishings, many of which were owned by the Mortons.
His son, Joy Morton, is the founder of the Morton Salt Company, Chicago, Illinois. The son also created The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, in 1922. Today, Joy Morton's original 400-acre (1.6 km 2 ) Thornhill Estate, which he acquired in 1910, has been transformed into a 1,700-acre (6.9 km 2 ) living history museum of over 4,000 different ...
A Monarch Butterfly at the Morton Arboretum A time-lapse of a bike ride on the west side. The arboretum was established on December 14, 1922, by Joy Morton, founder of the Morton Salt Company. [13] Morton's father, Julius Sterling Morton, had founded Arbor Day.
Pauline Morton Sabin (April 23, 1887 – December 27, 1955) was an American prohibition repeal leader and Republican party official. Born in Chicago, she was a New Yorker who founded the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform (WONPR). Sabin was active in politics and known for her social status and charismatic personality.
Morton Salt – Joy Morton; Mosler Automotive – Warren Mosler; Moto Guzzi – Carlo Guzzi; Moto Morini – Alfonso Morini; Mr. Gatti's Pizza – Pat Eure, née Gatti, wife of company founder Jim Eure; MTM Enterprises – Mary Tyler Moore; Murphy's Brewery – James J. Murphy; MV Agusta – Vincenzo and Domenico Agusta; Myer – Sidney Myer