greatbuffalotradingpost: “ In 1901, Annie Edison Taylor (1838-1921), the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel on her 63rd birthday. Desiring to secure her later years financially, and avoid the poorhouse, she decided she would...
greatbuffalotradingpost:
In 1901, Annie Edison Taylor (1838-1921), the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel on her 63rd birthday.
Desiring to secure her later years financially, and avoid the poorhouse, she decided she would be the first person to ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Taylor used a custom-made barrel for her trip, constructed of oak and iron and padded with a mattress.
After the journey, Annie Taylor told the press
“If it was with my dying breath, I would caution anyone against attempting the feat… I would sooner walk up to the mouth of a cannon, knowing it was going to blow me to pieces than make another trip over the Fall.“