Taylor Creek school celebrates Johnny Appleseed

Pioneer farmer is credited with planting apple trees across the Mid-Atlantic

  • Lampasas ISD school board member Jeff Rutland, decked out as Johnny Appleseed, reads a book alongside first-grader Eli Vazquez on Monday. court esy photo
    Lampasas ISD school board member Jeff Rutland, decked out as Johnny Appleseed, reads a book alongside first-grader Eli Vazquez on Monday. court esy photo

    To the surprise of Taylor Creek Elementary School students, Lampasas ISD Board of Trustees member Jeff Rutland arrived at the campus Monday dressed as Johnny Appleseed.

    Rutland read a book to the students on the life and times of Appleseed.

    “We are so thankful and blessed to have a community member share their time with us,” Principal Shona Moore said.

    John Chapman, better known as “Johnny Appleseed,…