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	Tales From the Shadows: The Real Sleepy Hollow
		That, in a nutshell, is the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
		Sleepy Hollow, the valley of the Pocantico, was to be one of the featured places in his domain.
		Irving himself, however, is buried not in the cemetery of the old Dutch Church, but farther down the road, on the grounds of one of the most impressive sights a visitor to Sleepy Hollow can behold: The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
	home.att.net /~shadowlandhome/sleepyhollow_frame.html (1728 words)

	Sleepy Hollow - Wikitravel
		Sleepy Hollow [1] is a village in Westchester County in the state of New York in the United States of America.
		Sleepy Hollow is easily accessible from the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada via interstate highways such as the New England and New Jersey Turnpikes (I95) and the New York State Thruway system [8].
		In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", Ichabod Crane saunters beside the manor's millpond with the "country damsels" of the neighborhood.
	wikitravel.org /en/Sleepy_Hollow_(New_York) (2135 words)

	National Park Service - Explorers and Settlers (Dutch Reformed (Sleepy Hollow) Church)
		This church, a distinguished relic of Dutch America, is notable for its architectural and historical associations with colonial life on the Hudson.
		Around 1840, the congregation built a new church in Tarrytown to serve as a branch of the old one, and after the Civil War it came to replace the original structure as the place of regular worship.
		Dutch Reformed (Sleepy Hollow) Church, New York, is a notable reminder of Dutch influence in colonial America.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/explorers/sitec43.htm (349 words)

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		Sleepy Hollow appears to be a later, Anglicized version of this name and actually applied to the valley of the Pocantico River.
		The newly established Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, with is grand monuments and polished granite, began to overshadow the prosaic stones in the Old Dutch Grave Yard.
		In the 1980s it was proposed that the village rename itself Sleepy Hollow in an effort to reconnect it with its famous past.
	www.sleepyhollowny.org /shhist.htm (1324 words)

	Sleepy Hollow Country
		Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow and Old Dutch Burying Ground, Route 9 across from Philipsburg Manor, Sleepy Hollow, NY, at the south gate to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, www.olddutchburyingground.org
		Sleepy Hollow Cemetery surrounds the Old Dutch Burying Ground, the spot identified in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as the resting place of the headless horseman.
		Irving notes in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow that the route of the Albany post road was not always to the west of the church.
	www.sleepyhollowcemetery.org /sleepy_country.html (2399 words)

	Old Dutch Church: Sleepy Hollow Country
		Washington Irving is laid to rest in the southern end of the cemetery in a plot overlooking the old church and its burying ground.
		Youngs was originally buried in the churchyard of Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow—the setting for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow—but was transferred to Ossining in 1851 when administrators of the fledgeling Dale Cemetery wanted an notable citizen to grace their new burying ground.
		Sleepy Hollow Cemetery's receiving vault (inset image) made a cameo in the same film as the Collins family mausoleum.
	www.olddutchburyingground.org /sleepy_country.html (2243 words)

	The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow (Bolton)
		The ancient Dutch Church is agreeably situated a short distance from the manor house, near the northern edge of the hollow.
		Like the church itself, we are sorry to say, the pulpit and canopy have not escaped the hands of modern innovation; we believe they are now spread piece meal throughout the country; but thanks to a few generous spirits, the communion table still remains unchanged, a venerable relic of a by-gone age.
		It was too in the ravine, just back of the church, that this redoubtable hero, Ichabod, had his fearful midnight encounter with the headless horseman and forever disappeared from the sight of the goodly inhabitants of Sleepy Hollow.
	members.aol.com /RickVT/Dutchchurchpage1.html (985 words)

	Hawthorne Reformed Church Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Through a gift of a large plotof ground next to the church building the original hall was moved in 1907 from the rear of the church where it had been built next to the horse sheds to the present site.
		In 1963 the congregation, faced with the problem of innumerable repairs to the little white church that was showing its age of nearly 150 years, voted to embark upon a restoration program and modernize the sanctuary while still preserving the antiquity of the historic edifice.
		As a result the beautiful Colonial church building, that is the pride and joy of all the residents of the community as well as members of the Church, was completed and rededicated in 1964.
	churches.rca.org /hawthorne/history.html (525 words)

	The Old Dutch Church Homepage
		The Old Dutch Church, which played a prominent role in Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow, has also played a prominent role in the Van Tassel family.
		The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow - An excerpt from
		The Minute-Book of the Christian Church of the Manor of Philipsburgh.
	members.aol.com /RickVT/Dutchchurchhomepage.html (581 words)

	Sleepy Hollow, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sleepy Hollow is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States.
		It is the location of Philipsburg Manor, as well as the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, made famous by Washington Irving's story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery where Irving is buried (among others such as Andrew Carnegie).
		Half of Sleepy Hollow's residents are mostly Ecuadorian and Dominican, while the remainder are mostly white non-Hispanic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sleepy_Hollow,_New_York (490 words)

	Sleepy Hollow travel guide - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sleepy Hollow shares a zip code and a school system with Tarrytown, but the two villages are separate municipalities.
		Sleepy Hollow Chamber of Commerce provides tourist information and descriptions of seasonal events on its web site and in its storefront window: 54 Main St, Tarrytown, +1 914 631-1705, [2].
		Haunted Hayride, Village of Sleepy Hollow, +1 914 366-5100, [30].
	wikitravel.org /en/Sleepy_Hollow (2156 words)

	Sleepy Hollow Chamber of Commerce - Community
		The oldest church in New York State, this colonial Dutch-style stone church, nestled on a knoll beside present-day Route 9 in Sleepy Hollow, actually dates from 1685.
		Old Bibles and three centuries' worth of church memorabilia are on display in the balcony.
		Of equal fascination is the burial ground adjacent to the church.
	www.sleepyhollowchamber.com /olddutch.html (628 words)

	Washington Irving
		Meanwhile, “Sleepy Hollow” gave the public its first Connecticut Yankee, immortalized in the doleful character, Ichabod Crane.
		The fictional Sleepy Hollow is actually the lower Hudson River valley area near his home, Sunnyside, in Tarrytown, New York.
		He was buried in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery at the Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h3859.html (892 words)

	Old Dutch Church: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
		Washington Irving himself is buried at the south end of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery overlooking the grounds of the Old Dutch Church.
		Please be aware that the parking area adjacent to the church belongs to the cemetery, not the church, and that they close and lock their gates promptly at 4:30 p.m.
		The Old Dutch Church and its approximately 3 acre burying ground are owned by The Reformed Church of Tarrytown.
	www.olddutchburyingground.org /shc.html (172 words)

	Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gone is the old grist mill on the Pocantico whose wheel gave the distinctive flutter throughout the neighborhood.
		The Church has been renovated a couple of times over the years, and gone are the weather vane perched upon the steeple, and the furniture within so vividly described by Washington Irving.
		To the north of the Old Dutch Burying grounds is the modern cemetery of Sleepy Hollow.
	home.chattanooga.net /~henson3/slep.html (623 words)

	Moonspenders
		Some say that the place was bewitched by a high German doctor, during the early days of the settlement; others, that an old Indian chief, the prophet or wizard of his tribe, held his pow-wows there before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson...
		Probably one of the most famous haunted towns in the country, Sleepy Hollow village in Westchester County seems to live up to its ghostly reputation.
		Her ghost is said to be pulled by horses through the streets of Sleepy Hollow at midnight.
	www.moonspenders.com /sleepyhollow.htm (577 words)

	Sleepy Hollow The Story 1
		When he was about 25 years old, he fell in love with Matilda Hoffman, the daughter of a prominent New York Judge, and shortly thereafter, asked her to marry him.
		In 1819, he published the short stories, Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow under the pen name of Geoffery Crayon, Gent.
		He is buried in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery at the Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
	www.sleepyhollowthemusical.com /sh_washington.html (528 words)

	ancuairt.org \| genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The church court records of Newport, Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England show that he was in England in 1637, where he had engaged in a dispute on church property.
		Mary was christened in the Old Dutch Church.
		Her christening record is in the first English Record book of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, page 19, as follows: “Mary, daughter of Isaac Odell and Charity Lawrence, born Sept. 3, 1785.
	www.ancuairt.org /genealogy/odell.htm (2438 words)

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		The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was penned by Washington Irving in the mid-19
		This church, mentioned above, is 299 years old and is a part of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
		Due to a lack of interest on the parts of the Sleepy Hollow Chamber of Commerce, the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village Sleepy Hollow, and the Sleepy Hollow Historical Society, a few links and tidbits are missing.
	www.hyland.org /sleepyhollow/historic.html (473 words)

	Sleepy Hollow, New York
		The legends of Sleepy Hollow span the centuries from Native American times to the present.
		The names of the famous and the infamous, both historic and legendary, have all left their mark on this quiet Hudson River village 25 miles north of Manhattan.
		The historic "Legend of Sleepy Hollow " monument portraying the famous Icabod Crane and headless horsemen chase, was successfully installed today, Halloween morning on "Legend of Sleepy Hollow Island'.
	www.villageofsleepyhollow.org (416 words)

	Sleepy Hollow Cemetery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York is the resting place of numerous famous figures, including Washington Irving, whose story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is set in the adjacent Old Dutch Burying Ground.
		Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a non-profit, non-sectarian burying ground of approximately 90 acres.
		It is contiguous with, but separate from, the church yard of the colonial-era church that was a setting for "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sleepy_Hollow_Cemetery (659 words)

	Religions- Sleepy Hollow & Tarrytown, NY Then & Now
		The church was built by Frederick Philipse who was also know as the Lord of the Manor of Philipsburg.
		The Old Dutch Church has been repaired; and the reconditioning and restoration of the burying grounds has also been done.
		One of the newest churches in the Tarrytowns is the Korean Presbyterian Chech of Church.
	www2.lhric.org /pst/shms/tnrel.htm (693 words)

	Getting To Know magazine's Things To Do: The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Old Dutch Church and burial ground are the setting for Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
		Irving himself is buried in the south end of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, overlooking the grounds of the Old Dutch Church.
		The Friends of the Old Dutch Burying Ground conduct free, guided tours on Sundays at 2pm, Memorial Day weekend through the end of October.
	www.gtkmagazines.com /thingstodo/archives/the_old_dutch_church_of_sleepy_hollow (171 words)

	BOOKPATHS: Bookpath: The Village of Sleepy Hollow, New York
		The sequestered situation of this church seems always to have made it a favorite haunt of troubled spirits.
		On one side of the church extends a wide woody dell, along which raves a large brook among broken rocks and trunks of fallen trees.
		Over a deep fl part of the stream, not far from the church, was formerly thrown a wooden bridge; the road that led to it, and the bridge itself, were thickly shaded by overhanging trees, which cast a gloom about it, even in the daytime; but occasioned a fearful darkness at night.
	bookpaths.typepad.com /bookpaths/2006/10/bookpath_the_vi.html (273 words)

	Year 2000 Calendar of Events from the Half Moon Press
		Sleepy Hollow Street Festival and five mile run, with crafts, food, vendors, and music, 10am-5pm.
		Rockefeller State Park Preserve, Sleepy Hollow, with 20 miles of trails for walking, hiking and nature study is open daily, 8am.
		Sleepy Hollow Cruise with NY Waterway from Manhattan to Tarrytown includes options to visit Sunnyside, Philipsburg Manor, Kykuit or Lyndhurst, from May 13 - November 5.
	www.hudsonriver.com /halfmoonpress/fullyear.htm (2370 words)

	The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow
		The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow and its burying ground are the setting for Washington Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
		Though bounded by Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, neither the church nor its burying ground are affiliated with the cemetery.
		The Friends of the Old Dutch Burying Ground conduct free, guided tours of the Old Dutch Burying Ground from Memorial Day Weekend through the end of October, Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
	www.sleepyhollowcemetery.org /odc.html (172 words)

	NYGenWeb Westchester: The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow
		NYGenWeb Westchester: The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow
		The church is in Sleepy Hollow (formerly North Tarrytown), Westchester County, NY.
		The church was not organized till 1697, and it had no settled pastor till 1785.
	www.rootsweb.com /~nywestch/dutchndx.htm (323 words)

	Wolfert Acker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abraham's connection to the Van Tassel family is cited in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", and it was through their association with a rebellious Van Tassel scion during the revolutionary period that the Ackers lost Wolfert's Roost.
		Wolfert served the Dutch colonial government as collector of Philipseburgh in New Netherlands until the ascension of Peter Stuyvesant, at which point he retired to Wolfert's Roost.
		He was also one of the first Deacons of Sleepy Hollow's Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow) and is entombed beneath the floorboards of the church along with other Elders, beside Lord Frederick Philipse I and his wife.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wolfert_Acker (628 words)

	Weddings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We believe that for those who desire their marriage to be blessed by God and are seeking to establish a Christian marriage, this church has a responsibility to make its ministry and facilities available.
		Couples are affirmed when they seek out our church for their marriage ceremony.
		The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, built in 1697 with an organ added in 1985, is very popular for weddings and seats about 150-175.
	www.rctodc.org /weddin.htm (123 words)

	Pane-Joyce Genealogy
		Abraham and Cornelia were members of the Old Dutch Church at Sleepy Hollow and lived at Elmsford, Westchester Co.
		Baptized on 18 Jul 1717 at Sleepy Hollow Reformed Church.
		On 16 Jul 1743 Jacob married Elizabeth Foshay (13808), daughter of Matthis Foshay (4693) (ca 1697-aft 1756) and Magdelena Ecker (8474) (1706-), at Sleepy Hollow Reformed Church.
	aleph0.clarku.edu /~djoyce/gen/report/rr07/rr07_295.html (960 words)

	Amsterdam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Here in Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow country, we have a wonderful Old Dutch Church that dates from pre-Revolutionary War times when New York was a Dutch colony.
		Beside the church lies the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
		Within the shadows of this stately old church there also extend narrow streets, "red light alleys," where nearly naked women stand in the doorways displaying their wares- eager to ply their trade.
	www.users.cloud9.net /~recross/why-not/Amsterdam.html (1138 words)

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