The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Geographic impact

Sleepy Hollow, New York, as the setting for the story, contains many of the referenced locations, including ones that can still be visited today. Sleepy Hollow, Illinois, Sleepy Hollow, Marin County, California, and Sleepy Hollow, Wyoming, have street names which reference the story. The latter hosts an annual event called Sleepy Hollow Days.[36] There is also a Sleepy Hollow State Park in Laingsburg, Michigan. The original schoolhouse in Kinderhook, New York is now owned by the Columbia County Historical Society and called the Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse.[37] The area's modern-day school district, Ichabod Crane Central School District, is also named for the character.


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