FROM FIRST HIPPIE TO FOLK HERO - LEOMINSTER'S JOHNNY APPLESEED

July 28, 1996 - Gaunt, disheveled and known for wandering through wood and dale in bare feet, Johnny Appleseed could be called the nation's first hippie. >> More

APPLESEED EARNS STATE DISTINCTION

August 3, 1996 - Massachusetts has a new official folk hero - Johnny Appleseed, the seed-flinging, 19th century environmentalist. >> More

LEOMINSTER HOPES JOHNNY APPLESEED INTEREST BLOSSOMS

September 28, 1996 - Two centuries after his birth inside a ramshackle cabin by the edge of an orchard, Johnny Appleseed is being embraced by the city's business community. >> More

SCULPTOR, SCHOOL TEAM UP TO RESTORE MONUMENT

June 1, 1997 - When Historical Society President Thomas K. Hazzard sees the twisted prongs jutting from atop the empty pedestal in front of the Johnny Appleseed School, he sees a monument to vandalism. >> More

CLINTON GRATEFUL FOR APPLESEED STATUE

September 17, 1997 - As Johnny Appleseed School Principal Robert A. Salvatelli finished reading the letter signed by President Clinton, third-grade student Timmy Casaletto let out a gasp. >> More

EYES WINDOW INTO THE SOUL OF JOHNNY APPLESEED SCULPTURE

September 24, 1997 - It's Sunday dusk in downtown Leominster and the streets are empty. Cold drizzle falls. At Monument Square, the Leominster Public Library is dark. It seems odd and sad, somehow, to see the slots of the bike stand in front of the library empty. >> More

PENNANTS TO HANG DOWNTOWN

September 13, 1998 - Johnny Appleseed is visiting the downtown district of the city, courtesy of a new banner program. >> More

JOHNNY APPLESEED LEGEND NO MATCH FOR JOHN CHAPMAN'S LIFE

September 20, 1998 - Johnny Appleseed was born in Leominster on Sept. 26, 1774. His real name was John Chapman. >> More

JOHNNY APPLESEED LEGEND SPROUTS HISTORICAL ERRORS

September 25, 1998 - OK. Can we please get this straight for the last time? Johnny Appleseed did not wear a tin mush pot on his head. This is important, so it bears repeating. Johnny Appleseed DID NOT wear a tin mush pot on his head. >> More

CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK - CHAIN SAW ARTIST TURNS STUMP INTO JOHNNY

September 27, 1998 - The hush of downtown after the rush-hour push was over was interrupted by the buzz, buzz, buzz of a chain saw. >> More

APPLESEED STRUCTURE STIRS CONTROVERSY

October 21, 1998 - Leominster is abuzz with the controversy between the owner of a sculpture depicting Johnny Appleseed carved by a chain-saw artist into a stump on West Street, and a local businessman who is selling postcards of the statue. >> More

JOHNNY APPLESEED TREES TO BLOOM INTO 21ST CENTURY

April 7, 1999 - Johnny Appleseed is long gone, but a new effort ensures that his trees - and his legacy - will live on well into the next millennium. >> More

APPLESEED TREES RETURN TO NATIVE SOIL

April 13, 1999 - Johnny Appleseed left his home in North Worcester County many years ago, never to return. But the fruit of his life's labor has returned to the place of his birth. >> More

JOHNNY APPLESEED'S NEW HOMESTEAD BRINGS HISTORY TO LIFE ON A SMALL SCALE

October 04, 2000 - John Chapman has found a new home, thanks to the hard work of a few city residents. >> More