Colonel Routh Goshen, the Middlebush Giant
Today is the birthday of Arthur James Caley, billed as Colonel Routh Goshen, the Middlebush Giant (1837-1889). While Middlebush sounds very English, and he may have been born in a village on the Isle of Man, the town he is named for is in New Jersey, where he retired. The “Routh Goshen” part, sounding very [...]