"Johnny Appleseed"

Historical marker location:

1424 West Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne, Indiana

( Marker can be reached from West Jefferson Blvd..)

[ John Chapman ].

The first public school system in the United States was established in Indiana in 1852. The state was also home to the first kindergarten in the United States, which was founded in 1873 by a German immigrant named Margarethe Schurz.