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Title
Mansfield
blockhouse
photograph
Subject
Chapman, John, 1704-1784
Appleseed, Johnny, 1774-1845
Mansfield (Ohio)
War of 1812
Mansfield (Ohio)
United States. Work Progress Administration
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Mansfield (Ohio)
Richland County (Ohio)
Description
This
image
shows
a
blockhouse
in
Mansfield
that
stood
when
Johnny
Appleseed
(John
Chapman
,
1704-1784)
ran
for
reinforcements
against
a
pending
Indian
attack
during
the
War
of
1812
.
Chapman
immediately
went
to
Mount
Vernon
for
assistance
. At the
time
of
Appleseed's
run
, the
square
in
Mansfield
was the
site
of
two
blockhouses
erected
during
the
War
of
1812
.
One
blockhouse
,
constructed
of
round
logs
by a
Captain
Schaeffer
of
Fairfield
County
,
stood
at the
intersection
of
Main
Street
and
Park
Avenue
West
.
(The
description
fits
this
image.)
Chapman
risked
his
own
life
to
summon
aid
for his
neighbors
in
Richland
County
. This
willingness
to
suffer
for
others
was a
trait
Chapman
exhibited
throughout
his
life
.
John
Chapman
was
born
on
September
26
,
1774
, in
Leominster
,
Massachusetts
.
Chapman
is
better
known
as
Johnny
Appleseed
.
Beginning
in
1802
,
Chapman
wandered
through
Pennsylvania
and
eventually
Ohio
,
planting
apple
nurseries
. He
spent
most
of his
time
in
Ohio
in
Richland
County
near
Mansfield
.
Chapman
was
known
as
being
somewhat
of an
eccentric
. He
opposed
violence
of
all
sorts
towards
both
humans
and
animals
. He was a
strict
vegetarian
. He also
primarily
wore
discarded
clothing
or would
barter
some
apple
saplings
for
used
clothes
.
Many
of
Ohio's
first
orchards
began
with
saplings
from
Chapman's
nurseries
. His
trees
fed
many
of
Ohio's
early
white
settlers
as they
struggled
to
establish
farms
and
homes
on the
frontier
.
Johnny
Appleseed
eventually
owned
more
than
1,200
acres
of
land
across
Pennsylvania
,
Ohio
,
Indiana
, and
Illinois
. He
died
near
Fort
Wayne
,
Indiana
, in the
early
1840s
. This
image
of the
Mansfield
blockhouse
was
among
the
photographs
produced
by the
Federal
Works
Progress
Administration
(WPA)
between
1935
and
1943
.
Creator
Works Progress Administration
Date of Original
ca.
1935-1943
Collection
Works
Progress
Administration
,
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
;
Box
2
,
Folder
1
Format
Picture
;
Black-and-white
photograph
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL06392.tif
Image Height
4380
Image Width
4380
File Size
71880892 Bytes
Notes
Copyright
Notes
:
Government
record.
;
Cataloged
:
Yes
Date created
2011-08-05
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