Johnny Appleseed: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

An authentic biography is Robert Price, Johnny Appleseed: Man and Myth (1954, reissued 1967).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Sep 22, 2025
Modified link of Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of John Chapman. Jul 17, 2025
Add new Web site: Science History Institute - The Debaucherous Legacy of Johnny Appleseed. Sep 26, 2024
Add new Web site: Official Site of The Johnny Appleseed Educational Center and Museum. Jul 15, 2024
Add new Web site: Indiana University Pressbooks - Giving and Volunteering in America - Johnny Appleseed � A Pioneer Hero. Apr 26, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 21, 2024
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Johnny Appleseed. Feb 03, 2024
Add new Web site: North Carolina Historic Sites - John Chapman: Pioneer Nurseryman. Dec 15, 2023
Add new Web site: New England Historical Society - Johnny Appleseed, The Real Reason He Wandered. Oct 31, 2023
Add new Web site: Mass Moments - "Johnny Appleseed" Dies. Aug 21, 2023
Add new Web site: National Public Radio - Johnny Appleseed Planted Stories Of Myth, Adventure. Jul 11, 2023
Add new Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of John Chapman. May 06, 2023
Add new Web site: American Heritage - Johnny Appleseed. Feb 10, 2023
Add new Web site: ExplorePAhistory.com - Biography of Johnny Appleseed. May 17, 2021
Changed the title from “John Chapman” to “Johnny Appleseed.” Mar 16, 2020
Add new Web site: Ohio History Central - Biography of John Chapman. Apr 26, 2019
Add new Web site: Knox County Historical Society - Johnny Appleseed. Apr 26, 2019
Add new Web site: America's Story from America's Library - Biography of Johnny Appleseed. Jul 04, 2013
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Biography of Johnny Appleseed. Apr 13, 2009
Added new Web site: Johnny Appleseed Trail Association - John Chapman. Aug 23, 2007
Article revised. Feb 08, 1999
Article added to new online database. Feb 01, 1999
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