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The Legend Of Ichabod Crane And The Headless Horseman

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In the small, quaint town of Sleepy Hollows New York lives a legend that has revived the town’s economy. Located about 45 minutes from Manhattan, this one time auto industry town has created a new opportunity for a town that was failing to produce any outside revenue. The legend of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman is the main reason why Sleepy Hollows is still on the map. People come from across the US just to come and see the town that has born folktales like this one. With the peak time of tourism coming around Halloween, the town and business owners had to figure out how to have a consistent flow of business. Sleepy Hollows used theme-based tourism in their attractions to drawn people in. In ABC’s News Video we heard from the

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