Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates lost a leg at the age of 12 in a cotton gin accident and learned how to tap dance thanks to getting a peg leg provided by his uncle. The other day someone in the diamond exchange mentioned having seen the famed tap dancer in the Borscht Belt.
"Everyone went to see him at Peg Leg's Country Club."
It was in Kerhonkson on the other side of the Gunks from New Paltz.
People can complain about their lot in life, but Peg Leg was an example of man's will not to survive, but thrive.
To see Peg Leg Bates, please go to the following URL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hayM4B7hcBQ
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