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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 . Morton's daughter, Jean Cudahy (Morton) took her father's seat on the board of trustees after he died in 1934. [ 14 ]
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.
Name Image Affiliation City Coordinates Anderson Japanese Gardens: Rockford: Bethalto Arboretum Bethalto: Cantigny: Wheaton: Century Park Arboretum Vernon Hills
Yosemite first instituted its timed entry system in 2020 to limit visitor numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic, but even when cases began to subside, Yosemite kept the permit system around to ...
Elms field at the Morton Arboretum. From left of picture: George Ware, Mrs Vera Grbić, Eugene Smalley and Ray Guries (July 2, 1987) George Ware, Ph.D. (1924–2010) was an American dendrologist and former research director of the Morton Arboretum Illinois who specialized in the evaluation of Asiatic species of elm as urban trees.
Here's how you can skip the line with a timed-entry ticket. Snowport is back. The Holiday Market reopens in Boston this weekend. Here's how you can skip the line with a timed-entry ticket
Exploring the 66-acre garden is not a bad way to start the new year. Here’s how to get the tickets which are good for the month of January.
Ulmus 'Morton' (selling name Accolade) is an elm cultivar cloned from a putative intraspecific hybrid planted at haweawehthe Morton Arboretum in 1924, which itself originated as seed collected from a tree at the Arnold Arboretum in Massachusetts.