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Leatherman (vagabond) - Wikipedia The Leatherman (c 1839–1889) was a vagabond famous for his handmade leather suit of clothes who traveled through the northeastern United States on a regular circuit between the Connecticut River and the Hudson River from roughly 1857 to 1889
The Story Behind The Leatherman Of Connecticut - Grunge According to Connecticut History, a popular theory of the day was that the Leatherman was Jules Bourglay, a would-be paramour to the daughter of one of France's largest leather traders
The Legend of the Leatherman - JSTOR Daily He was called the Leatherman, named for his sixty-plus pounds of homemade leather clothing He wore it in all weather, all temperatures, a distinctive sight traversing communities on Connecticut and Hudson Rivers
The Legend of The Leatherman – The Leathermans Loop One of the most interesting pieces of Westchester County folklore is the living legend of the Leatherman The true story of the Leatherman is still shrouded in mystery and controversy
Who Was the Leatherman, the Mysterious Nomad of the 1800s? In the 19th century, a nomadic figure known only as the “Leatherman” became a celebrity in the northeast of America His clockwork-like comings and goings across New York and Connecticut were greatly anticipated by many
Who Was Westchesters Mysterious and Legendary Leatherman? The Leatherman’s body was found on March 24, 1889 in a Saw Mill Woods Cave in Mount Pleasant, on what was then the farm of George Dell Despite his harsh life, he had not lost any digits to frostbite and appeared in good health
CT’s Leatherman: Separating fact from fiction behind the legend From 1860 to 1889, an unofficial Wilton resident, the mysterious and silent Old Leatherman, would pass through town every 34 days on his regular route from east to west, sleeping in caves and eating food that local residents set out for him
Search For Clues Only Deepens Leatherman Mystery - NPR No one knows who he was or why he did what he did, but the legend of the Old Leatherman still fascinates This week, archaeologists and historians set out to solve the mystery by exhuming his
Wandering Leatherman Vagabond - Historic Mysteries In his lifetime, Leatherman was something of an eccentric, that much is obvious His actions and reactions could be the result of a form of mental disorder – perhaps autism – but perhaps the real mystery about this man came over a century after his death