After a life of travel, religious devotion and conservation, Appleseed died in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He left behind a legend that lives on to this day — plus an estate of more than 1,200 acres.
Johnny headed west out of Massachusetts to begin his legendarily nomadic life. He planted his first nursery near Warren, Pennsylvania a few years after starting out.
The man, the myth, the legend — actually the very real, historical John Chapman (i.e., Johnny Appleseed) — was born in Massachusetts.
Colonists began introducing apples to the North American continent, with the first apple orchard planted in Boston in 1625.
Alexander the Great is said to have discovered dwarf apples in the area of modern-day Kazakhstan.