When Lewis and Clark pulled their way up the Missouri River in the summer of 1804; their journals reported an area of boundless prairie and beautiful streams on the rivers west bank. Fifty years later; the community of Nebraska City was born on that very spot. For many decades; the community served as a jumping-off point for travelers bound farther westward as thousands of wagon trains departed every year. By the late 1800s; the city became known for another reason: the home of Arbor Day. First introduced by Nebraska City resident J. Sterling Morton in 1872; Arbor Day became Nebraskas holiday and is now celebrated worldwide. The 1900s saw a decline in the transportation industry but a rise in manufacturing and the growing and canning of produce. Today; historical tourism makes up the economic lifeblood of this small but thriving community.
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