<P> The story is set in 1790 in the countryside around the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town ( historical Tarrytown , New York ) , in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow . Sleepy Hollow is renowned for its ghosts and the haunting atmosphere that pervades the imaginations of its inhabitants and visitors . Some residents say this town was bewitched during the early days of the Dutch settlement . Other residents say an old Native American chief , the wizard of his tribe , held his powwows here before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson . The most infamous spectre in the Hollow is the Headless Horseman , said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper that had his head shot off by a stray cannonball during `` some nameless battle '' of the American Revolutionary War , and who `` rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head '' . </P>
<P> The story is set in 1790 in the countryside around the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town ( historical Tarrytown , New York ) , in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow . Sleepy Hollow is renowned for its ghosts and the haunting atmosphere that pervades the imaginations of its inhabitants and visitors . Some residents say this town was bewitched during the early days of the Dutch settlement . Other residents say an old Native American chief , the wizard of his tribe , held his powwows here before the country was discovered by Master Hendrick Hudson . The most infamous spectre in the Hollow is the Headless Horseman , said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper that had his head shot off by a stray cannonball during `` some nameless battle '' of the American Revolutionary War , and who `` rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head '' . </P>
where did the legend of sleepy hollow take place
where did the legend of sleepy hollow take place
in the countryside around the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow
in the countryside around the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow