From The Writer's Almanac for April 3, 2009

[tallwithglasses]

It's the birthday of the writerWashington Irving,  born in New York City (1783). He wrote "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." He was the first person who referred to New York City as "Gotham," and he created the character of Diedrich Knickerbocker, the Dutch New Yorker. "Knickerbocker" came to describe any New Yorkers who could

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[jendearte]

cool! did you know there is a washington irving monument a little east of stillwater? i think it's close-ish to that highway that goes to glencoe, but alas, i've never been