Do schools teach about Johnny Appleseed nation wide or is it a dumbass Indiana thing?

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

We spent a good portion of first grade learning about Johnny Appleseed I think, and I just figured out that he wasn't a made up legend like Paul Bunyon. But now I'm wondering if this is a dumbass Indiana thing or what.

 

[Isaac]

I only heard about Johnny Appleseed outside of school.

Our regional folk legend is a guy nicknamed "The Mad Trapper". He was a hermit, and lived in a shanty cabin deep in The Rockies. One day, a Fed encroached on his property so he shot the Mountie. The Feds were very angry about this, and declared a manhunt. In response, The Mad Trapper jerry-rigged various traps and defenses on his property. Then he killed more feds until the RCMP raided his fortress and shot him to death.

I wonder what he would've thought about the antichrist.

 

[Leonard Persin]

Yeah he was huge in my early education in Massachusetts since he was born in Leominster, Mass. We had a Johnny Appleseed day every year. It was also believed that he would plant the apples because most alcohol was apple mash based, and if you could grow apples the land could be settled. Booze hound

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

In Ohio, he's treated like the god of apples.