Kerhonkson, New York
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Kerhonkson is a hamlet and census-designated place in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 1,722 at the 2020 census.
Center of town along Route 209
Peg Leg Bates
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Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates was an African-American entertainer from Fountain Inn, South Carolina, United States.
Kerhonkson, New York
…upstate. The path is now a popular local hiking and biking destination known as the Rail Trail. It is 3.5 miles long. In 1951, the famed tap dancer Peg Leg Bates became the first African-American resort owner in the Catskills when he opened the Peg Leg Bates Country Club in Palentown, a hamlet in the northern…
Bates in 1954
Bates performing in 1954, showing his peg leg