October is the month to celebrate them, thanks, in part, to Johnny Appleseed. You've probably heard of the legendary character who traveled the Midwest planting trees, but he's not a myth.

Most depictions of Johnny Appleseed depict him with a tin cooking pot on his head. In reality, Chapman favored a tin hat. (He did eat out his hat, though, which is where the legend probably ...

Grade 2: Learning about Johnny Appleseed and writing their own Johnny Appleseed tall tales, taste-testing apples and graphing results. • Grade 3: Making applesauce and discussing how fractions ...

Johnny Appleseed, the folk legend who introduced apple trees to a number of American states, is what anthropologists would call a “culture hero”: someone who imposes human civilization on wild ...

October is the month to celebrate them, thanks, in part, to Johnny Appleseed. You've probably heard of the legendary character who traveled the Midwest planting trees, but he's not a myth.