Henry "Ole Pete" Peterson is a heroic Tampanian folk legend from Port Tampa, Florida, in the United States.
[2] Henry Peterson, known locally as "Ole Pete", was said to be either a roustabout, switchman or longshoreman employed by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in Port Tampa, Florida.
When workers rushed to his aid they witnessed him lifting the rail car back onto the tracks, to their astonishment not only was Ole Pete unharmed, but he was still half asleep.
Other powerful feats attached to Ole Pete include the use of a ship's anchor for a pickaxe and lifting a locomotive back on the rails.
[4] A Henry Peterson, 46 years old, black, male, appears on the 1910 United States Census for Hillsborough County, Florida.