If you wanted to become famous, jumping into a wooden box and dropping yourself 170-foot is maybe not what you’d choose.
She figured she'd try her hand at going over Niagara Falls, because either by fame or a sudden impact, she'd have enough ...
In 1901, daredevil Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
"We have events, we have all kinds of tours here, including our flagship daredevil tour." Annette Baumgarden is the President ...
Taylor was towed near the Canadian border, where the waters were deeper and the Horseshoe Falls, the biggest of the three falls at the location, beckoned. After a brief goodbye to the boatmen who had ...
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — The legacy of Annie Edson Taylor, one of the top draws at Oakwood Cemetery in Niagara Falls, continues to live on thanks to a special gift to the cemetery. A wooden ...
Today is Friday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2025 with 68 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, ...
At the age of 63, she embarked on an extremely dangerous adventure on October 24th, 1901. She sat inside a huge sealed barrel ...
People can be incredibly dumb. We expect some people to be immature. For instance, teenage boys tend to make idiotic decisions — partly because they are addicted to adrenalin, and partly because they ...