About Annie Edson Taylor
Annie Edson Taylor was an American schoolteacher who, on her 63rd birthday, October 24, 1901, became the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Her motives were financial but she never made much money from her adventure. She died penniless and her funeral was paid for by public donations. Annie Edson Taylor (October 24, 1838 – April 29, 1921) was an American schoolteacher who, on her 63rd birthday, October 24, 1901, became the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Taylor was discovered to be alive and relatively uninjured, except for a small gash on her head. Taylor was helped out of the barrel by Carlisle Graham, her friend and the first man to run the rapids on a raft.
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