Johnny Appleseed | |
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![]() An etching of Chapman from Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1871) | |
Born | John Chapman September 26, 1774 |
Died | March 18, 1845 Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. | (aged 70)
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Known for | Proliferation of orchards throughout the American frontier |
Johnny Appleseed (born John Chapman; September 26, 1774 – March 18, 1845) was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced trees grown with apple seeds (as opposed to trees grown with grafting[1]) to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Ontario, as well as the northern counties of West Virginia. He became an American icon while still alive, due to his kind, generous ways, his leadership in conservation, and the symbolic importance that he attributed to apples. He was the inspiration for many museums and historical sites such as the Johnny Appleseed Museum[2] in Urbana, Ohio.
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