Over Niagara Falls In A Barrel
Annie Edson Taylor makes headlines around the country
October 24, 1901
In an era of Harry Houdini, Barnum & Bailey and other death-defying showmen, Annie Edson Taylor, who was 62 years old, became front-page famous when she crawled into a white-oak barrel of her own design and plunged over Niagara Falls.
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