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Johnny Appleseed's Trees Were for Booze, Not Pies, and He Dressed Like a Hobo for Marketing Purposes

History Unplugged Podcast | American History, World History, World War 2, U.S. Presidents, Civil War by Support

Jul 16, 202653:24Society & Culture

The Disney version of Johnny Appleseed has a cheerful barefoot man in a tin pot hat scattering apple seeds for grateful pioneers to bake into pies. The real John Chapman collected his seeds for free from cidery waste, pl...

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Johnny Appleseed's Trees Were for Booze, Not Pies, and He Dressed Like a Hobo for Marketing Purposes is an episode from History Unplugged Podcast | American History, World History, World War 2, U.S. Presidents, Civil War by Support. The Dis...

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Published Jul 16, 2026, 53:24 long, audio available.