Birth Place of Arbor Day -1 original etching by Colorado artist Lyman Byxbe. Winter landscape with Arbor Lodge in the snow, Nebraska City, Nebraska. Arbor Lodge is a historic mansion and former residence of US Secretary of Agriculture Julius Sterling Morton (who served from 1893 to 1897) and his wife Caroline. The couple proposed the idea of a holiday dedicated to planting trees in 1872. Etching on paper. Signed by the artist, lower right; Titled lower left. Unframed, custom framing options available.
