![]() ![]() (and an even greater departure from Johnny Depp. Having no physical resemblance to the character, Jesse was a big guy, well fed, and his facial expression looks rather stern to me, quite at odds with the goofy, gangly schoolteacher of the story. I would think by now that most Hudson Valley natives should know that Columbia county’s own Jesse Merwin was the inspiration for Ichabod Crane. Every year I see more and more outlandish theories about the inspiration for the Headless Horseman. ![]()
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