The Leather Man slept here?

Facts about the early life of the historical figure are not known, but the Old Leather Man became well known to residents of Connecticut and New York around 1856, according to DeLuca's research. The author writes that "Old Leathery," as he was sometimes called, started his famous clockwise circle of travel around 1883, making "... A regular route of 365 miles every 34 days, until he died on March 20, 1889."