Oct 24, 1901. The spectacle of Niagara Falls attracted no end of daredevils through the centuries, but the first one to go over the falls and survive in any kind of contraption was the unlikely Annie Edson Taylor, a 63-year-old former dance teacher who was down on her luck and hoping for fame and fortune. On this date, she accomplished this feat in a 160-pound barrel. No one repeated her stunt until 1911. More information available at http://www.niagarafallslive.com/daredevils_of_niagara_falls.htm.
Image:Photographer: Alexandra Studio ca. 1935 City of Toronto Archives Series 1057, Item 3165, Permission Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
