The children are learning about a folk hero named John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed. Johnny journeyed west in 1800 with his pockets full of apple seeds. Born in Massachusetts on September 26, 1774, Chapman was a practical nurseryman. He spent nearly 50 years planting orchards and supplying seedlings to pioneer farmers in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Some of the trees he planted still bear fruit.
