Today is National Johnny Appleseed Day, in honor of the man best known for introducing thousands of apple trees to the Midwest, especially Ohio. Did you know the last surviving 'Johnny Appleseed tree' is in Ashland County? (Published 2018)
May. 06, 2018, 10:00 a.m.SAVANNAH, Ohio - Measuring a bit more than a square half-mile, the northern Ashland County village of Savannah has one restaurant, a tiny park and one other thing - a gnarled apple tree that is certified as the last survivor of the thousands planted by Johnny Appleseed more than 150 years ago."It gives us tons of apples," said Barbara Morgan, a descendant of John Harvey who bought the land almost two centuries ago.
"It was planted right over an underground aquifer by John Chapman and those roots have grown right into it," he said. "That spring has been feeding that tree ever since." The Algeo family proudly displays a certificate of authenticity of the last living apple tree planted by Johnny Appleseed presented in 1991 by the"We don't advertise that the tree is here, but people still find us," said Paramore-Sheaffer. "We get four or five groups a year of people who want to see the famous tree. Last year, an 89-year-old woman said she had wanted to see the last Johnny Appleseed tree her whole life.
Knowing many of the village residents is not that hard, there were only 409 people living in Savannah in the 2010 census. There is North and South Main Street and a few intersecting streets, a few churches, an ancient graveyard and little else in Savannah.Mandy Close is the latest owner of the only sit-down restaurant in the village. She said there has always been a restaurant on Main Street since the 1960s when it was a Perkin's Pancake House.
The mobile POW-MIA wall will be set up in town for the bicentennial as well as a "Touch the Truck" exhibit of modern and antique fire trucks for children to see.
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