Johnny ' went ashore in what is now Jefferson 

 County and at a spot nine miles below Steubeiiville 

 he planted his first orchard. This was in 1806. He 

 had brought the seed from cider mills up in Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



For more than 30 years, following this, Johnny 

 Appleseed was a noted character in the wilds of Ohio. 

 Every pioneer family knew r and loved him and every 

 latchstring was open to him. 



People in those days called Johnny "queer," but 

 even so, he had a wide influence on their lives. He 

 was educated, refined and polite and everywhere he 

 went throughout the state he carried a Bible and a 

 few books with him and of evenings, as he enjoyed 

 the hospitality of some log cabin, he would lie before 

 the fire and read to the, family and expound religion. 



Johnny's idea was to set out orchards in various 

 parts of the state so that there would be young trees 

 ready for the new settler to plant on his land when 

 he arrived in Ohio. In the course of a year Johnny 

 would travel hundreds of miles going and taking care 

 of the young trees that he had planted. 



Although the forests abounded with hundreds of 

 savage Indians who were continually murdering the 

 whites, none of them ever bothered Johnny. They re- 

 garded him as a wizard and the fact that he never 

 carried a gun convinced the Red Men that he was 

 under the special guidance of the Great Spirit. 



An early Ohio historian describes Johnny as follows : 



"His nature was a deeply religious one and his 

 life was blameless among his fellowmen. He regarded 

 comfort more than style and thought it wrong to 



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