The poem's simple structure, pulsing cadence and clever thematic imagery ("At seventy-odd/ He was gnarled as could be,/ But ruddy and sound/ As a good apple tree") boost its impact as a read-aloud.

Jonathan Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, on Sept. 26, 1774. By 1797, the year Zanesville was founded, he was planting what we believe to be his ...

While most people have heard of Johnny Appleseed, few realize his most formative years were spent in North Central Ohio. It was there Chapman truly became a savvy businessman and built his empire ...