Johnny Appleseed & I Cross Paths

  I remember when I was a little kid in Miamisburg Mom telling me the story of Johnny Appleseed. I never knew the two of us would cross paths.

 Recently Tom brought me this book to read ...

 In it the author mentions Chapman's travels and they include southwestern Ohio.

 I did a little research on the Internet and found that Chapman was actually in the Dayton area. Oddly, he was known to plant some of his apple trees in what is now Moraine, Ohio. And specifically at the foot of Dorf Drive. I lived there from 1980 through 1986 and passed the spot in my car daily. I didn't have a hint at that time.

In 2010 Moraine honored Chapman with this plaque on his 236th birthday. It commemorates the planting of apple trees at this site in the 1820's.

 The apple trees that are growing there are actually second generation Appleseed trees.

 To learn more about Chapman, click here.