Annie Edson Taylor
American adventurer; first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel (1838-1921)
Annie Edson Taylor (October 24, 1838 – April 29, 1921) was an American school-teacher and adventurer. She was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel without dying. She did this on her 63rd birthday, October 24, 1901.[1]
References
change- ↑ "Daredevils of Niagara Falls". niagarafallslive.com. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
- Women of Bay County, Joan Totten Musinski Rezmer (ed.). Bay County Historical Society: Bay City, Michigan, 1980.
- Queen of the Falls, Chris Van Allsburg. Houghton Mifflin Books for Children.
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