Welcome back to Addtional History: Headlines You Probably Missed. I had a great summer, but it's time to get back to business. Today's mini episode is about to legendary folk heroes--Casey Jones and Johnny Appleseed. You know their names, but do you know their real stories?

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SOURCES

“Allen County, Indiana Genealogy.” Allen County Indiana Genealogical Society . Accessed August 12, 2022. https://www.acgsi.org/genweb/people/johnny-appleseed-of-allen-county-indiana.html.

“Casey Jones.” Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, April 15, 2019. https://www.biography.com/personality/casey-jones.

“Casey Jones.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, July 27, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Jones.

“A Disastrous Wreck on the Illinois Central.” Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi), April 30, 1900. www.newspapers.com.

Geiling, Natasha. “The Real Johnny Appleseed Brought Apples-and Booze-to the American Frontier.” Smithsonian.com. Smithsonian Institution, November 10, 2014. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/real-johnny-appleseed-brought-applesand-booze-american-frontier-180953263/.

Michael Sangiacomo, The Plain Dealer. “Last Living Johnny Appleseed Tree Is Pride of Savannah, OH.” cleveland.com, May 6, 2018. https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2018/05/tiny_towns_ohio_last_living_jo.html.

NEA Service. “Casey Jones In Court Battle.” The Oklahoma News (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), December 20, 1928. www.newspapers.com.

Nix, Elizabeth. “Why Was Casey Jones an American Folk Hero?” History.com. A&E Television Networks, December 2, 2016. https://www.history.com/news/why-was-casey-jones-an-american-folk-hero.

“The True Story of Casey Jones.” Erie Railroad Magazinehttp://www.taco.com/roots/caseyjones.html, April 1928.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.