Washington Irving’s Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving’s Sleepy Hollow in New York State can be a confusing traverse through the northern environs of upper New York City if you are not careful. The search leads the tourist through communities seemingly designed to confuse and befuddle: Irvington, Sunnyside, Tarrytown, and Sleepy Hollow might as well be one and the same. Those 17th century Dutchmen who first claimed, then settled the area must have been crazy or paranoid or both.Known originally as “New Netherland,&rdquo