Who Was the First Person to Survive Niagara Falls in a Barrel?: Quick Facts

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Wide view of Niagara Falls from Ontario, Canada, showing cascading water, mist rising above the falls, and green cliffs in the foreground at sunset.

A woman in turn-of-the-century dress and hat stands beside a barrel labeled: Annie Edson Taylor, heroine of Niagara. Falls, October 24, 1901.

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