Ichabod Crane Central School District in 1809, where he wrote the satire, 'A History of New York'. Later, he wrote the short stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow which take place regionally. The Kinderhook school district is named "Ichabod Crane". for the Irving character, Ichabod Crane, which was based on the original Kinderhook schoolmaster named Jesse Merwin. Irving and Merwin became friends in Kinderhook, where they boarded together at the Van Ness home, and the two friends continued a pen-pal correspondence for thirty years. The Columbia County Historical Society (New York) owns the original Kinderhook Schoolhouse named after the Irving character
Johnny Depp filmography Johnny Depp filmography John Christopher Depp II is an American actor, director, screen writer, film producer,art director and musician. He started his film career by playing Glen Lantz in the 1984 horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street". He also appeared in the 1986 film "Platoon" with Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, and Willem Dafoe. In the 1990s, the starred as the title characters in the films "Cry-Baby" (1990), "Edward Scissorhands" (1990), "Arizona Dream" (1993), "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1993), Benny and Joon 1993 romantic drama "Ed Wood" (1994), "Don Juan DeMarco" (1995), Dead Man (1995) and "Donnie Brasco" (1997). He