Americans, troubled by the economic malaise that had fallen upon the country in 1837, embraced a nostalgia for a simpler time when their fates were not tied to mysterious market […]
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Johnny Appleseed’s obituary in 1845
John Chapman, popularly known as Johnny Appleseed, died suddenly at the age of 70 on March 18, 1845 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. His obituary in the Fort Wayne Sentinel newspaper: […]
How apples came to be sold on street corners during the Great Depression
Thousands of men spent thousands of hours on New York street corners during the Depression due to the efforts of a man named Joseph Sicker, chairman of the Unemployed Relief Committee […]