What I Found on the 365-Mile Trail of a Lost Folk Hero

The Peekskill Blade printed the Old Leatherman’s cryptic response, sparking debates about its meaning; some believed it was his birthdate while others saw it as evidence of his age being 15,342. As a mysterious figure, the Old Leatherman’s life was filled with peculiar details such as his illness from mouth cancer, leading to his eventual “arrest” by concerned residents along his route in Middletown, Conn., marking the end of his enigmatic journey in March 1889.

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