Johnny Appleseed is the legendary frontiersman who planted orchards all over what's now the Midwest. But he was also a real man, a wanderer and evangelist who actively contributed to his own myth.

The crew representing the city who traveled to Denver for the 76th annual National Civic League All-America City Award Event ...

Celebrating Johnny Appleseed’s 250th birthday is a big deal and Mayor Mazzarella is excited for the events planned. “It’s just so ironic that 250 years later, we are still planting apple ...

Johnny Appleseed's real name was John Chapman, and he was born in Massachusetts in either 1774 or 1775. He was first noticed by history in 1801 when he arrived on horseback at the farm of John ...

Yes, Johnny Appleseed was a real person, one of many from American history who have entered the realm of folklore -- particularly that branch of folklore known as the tall tale.

John Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed, planted orchards across the frontier. Wikipedia. On a family farm in Nova, Ohio, grows a very special apple tree; by some claims, the 175 year old tree is ...

3. Johnny Appleseed's Apples Weren't for Eating . If you tried to eat one of John Chapman's apples, it wouldn't be a tasty experience. The trees he planted yielded small, tart apples that were ...

Mathieu: Johnny Appleseed — John Chapman, of course — [is] the official folk hero of Massachusetts. Sammarco: He is. I think sometimes many of us realize the stories that we heard as children are ...

Ladonna Huntley James had no idea the seeds she was planting when she launched the first Johnny Appleseed Festival in 1975. Now, 47 years later, the 90-year-old marvels at how it has grown into ...

The legendary Johnny Appleseed is best known for traveling across the countryside planting trees in the 1800s, but there's much more to the man behind the legend.

Johnny Appleseed was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Ontario, as well as the northern counties of West Virginia.

Motz is a metalsmith who has been to every single Johnny Appleseed Festival since it’s inception, 49 years ago. At almost every festival he has been in the Demonstration Area, showing off his trade.