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Johnny Appleseed was an amazing person. He was planting apples so that future settlers would find food to feed their families.

John Henry was a nigger.

Sam Houston. Man went from being a drunkard and a loser to leading Texas patriots against the beaners and winning.

Pecos Bill. He lassoed a tornado.

Wyatt Earp married jewess. Sad really.

Captain Stormalong. Wild Bill. Jesse James.

Sometimes I get Paul Bunyan and John Bunyan mixed up and have to remember which one had the big blue ox and which one wrote *Pilgrim's Progress*.

John Bunyan wrote *Pilgrim's Progress*. It was the 2nd best selling book (apart from the Bible) until the mid-twentieth century and many Christians have benefited from it. Since it's so old, it's in the public domain.

https://archive.org/details/bunyanthepilgrim00buny/page/8/mode/2up

I find the reality of Johnny Appleseed to be much more interesting than the folktales. At the time land was being given away by the government to people, but the people had to prove they were actually living on the land and improving it, not just holding it to sell later. One of the ways you could prove you were improving the land was by starting an orchard, as orchards require maintenance. So what Johhny Appleseed did was he would go to unclaimed land, start an orchard, and the new owners that came later would pay him for the headstart on their homestead.

As others have said, he was starting apples from seed, and apples started from seed are always hybrids and don't necessarily taste like the apple the seed came from. Most eating apples we know today are considered sweet, while cider apples are considered sweet, sharp, bitter or bitter-sharp. I have a number of cider trees on my property that are so bitter or sharp that they are inedible, but make fantastic cider. Most apple trees started from seed make good cider, and cider would have been a primary function of a orchard in Johnny Appleseed's day.

Also, swap out John Henry for Daniel Boone and the meme is perfect.

johnny Appleseed was a marketing campaign for "new religion" just like Helen Keller

Custer, Lee, the guys that founded the KKK.

American heroes that we wwre told to hate because they fought for their homeland

https://nitter.poast.org/libraryofgodwin/status/1858664705998364845

It's my side gig goal. To be the teller of American tales at community events. To bring these legends along kicking and screaming if I have to.