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Johnny Chapman is born!
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He beings planting orchards and nursuries as he travels around.
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Johnny starts picking appleseeds around the cider mills. People start calling him Johnny Appleseed.
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In 1801, Chapman transported 16 bushels of apple seeds from western Pennsylvania down the Ohio River.
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Extra MaterialAbout 1830, Chapman also acquired land in Fort Wayne, Indiana. There, he planted a nursery that produced thousands of seedling apple trees that he sold, traded, and planted elsewhere.
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