Johnny Appleseed
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Science, Agriculture
- Subcategories: Frontier, Pioneers, Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Farms, Farming, Rural Life
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855, American Early National History (1789-1815)
Article abstract: By planting apple seeds at new settlements in Ohio and Indiana, Johnny Appleseed laid the foundation for orchards as part of agricultural development of the Midwest.
Early Life
Johnny Appleseed, born John Chapman, was the son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Chapman, modest inhabitants of the Worcester County, Massachusetts, town of Leominster. Chapman’s mother died when he was two, and his father served in the American Revolution and remarried when he returned from the army. He then moved his family to the vicinity of Springfield,...
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