Photo: Annie Edson Taylor, first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive (cat in photo is likely the same cat that went over the falls in a test run). Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Annie Edson Taylor: 1st Person to Barrel down Niagara Falls

By Tony Pettinato on October 24, 2014

An article about daredevil Annie Edson Taylor, who on 24 October 1901 became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel... (Read More)

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