Annie Edson Taylor, “Queen of the Mist”
Did you know the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive was a woman?
Meet Annie Edson Taylor! She was an American school teacher. She created a customized barrel and took the plunge on her 63rd birthday, October 24, 1901.
She designed a barrel made of oak and iron. She padded the inside with a mattress. The top was screwed on and pumped full of air with a bicycle tire pump.
She was nicknamed, “Queen of the Mist”.
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