On September 24, 1966, the US Post Office introduced the American Folklore Series. The American Folklore stamp series captured the things that make our nation unique. It honored some of the people and tales that have played an important role in our nation’s culture. The first honoree in the series was John Chapman, popularly known as Johnny Appleseed. The stamp was issued on September 24, 1966, (two days before his 192nd birthday) in his hometown of Leominster, Massachusetts. Chapman was an American pioneer who traveled over 100,000 square miles planting apple orchards. Most of the apples he grew were meant for cider, rather than eating, but they provided much-needed sustenance on the frontier, where water was riddled with bacteria. Among the apples we can credit to Johnny Appleseed are the delicious and golden delicious. The next stamp in the series honored Davy Crockett. It was issued on his 181st birthday, August 17, 1967, in San Antonio, Texas, where he died fighting the Battle of the Alamo. Many legends surround Davy Crockett, who was a master storyteller with a gift for exaggeration. Crockett told a story about a raccoon that gave up when he spotted him on a hunt. He also claimed to kill 105 bears in just seven months. One fictionalized account of Crockett claimed he could “run faster, jump higher, squat lower, dive deeper, stay under longer, and come out drier than any man in the whole country.”