Monday, October 24, 2005

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

1901 - Daredevil Anna Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel. She was 43 years old. JUST THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW.

http://www.infoniagara.com/other/daredevils/annie.html

5 comments:

Al said...

is she the first one to go over and live? or just the first one to go over and they never found her? I'D LIKE TO KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bobby said...

She lived. She was actully a 63 year old school teacher at the time.believe it or not

Al said...

not!!!

Al said...

i take it back! i think mickey is there helping you though!!

Al said...

i love her quote after getting out of the barrel