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In 1901 and on her 63rd birthday, Mrs Anna Edson became the first person to survive the trip over Wangara Falls. She is with her trusty barrel.
Annie Edson Taylor survived a barrel fall from Niagara Falls in 1901.
Desperate and despondent, Annie Edson Taylor, a charming former schoolteacher, climbed down Niagara Falls in a barrel in 1901 and extorted money from people to pose for photographs and talk about him in newspapers. She later died penniless.
Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to survive the fall of Niagara Falls in a pillowcase of her own design.
A 63-year-old widow and one-time school teacher, in her quest for fame and fortune, she crawled into a five-foot-tall white oak barrel on October 24, 1901, and tumbled down the rock-filled flowing water until noon on October 24, 1901.
Taylor's scandal over her case made each of her front-page news stories across the country.
She has a lifelong thirst for adventure.
Born in 1838 as one of 11 children, she spent a comfortable childhood in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Her descendants described her as having a dreamy nature, a lively imagination and a lifelong thirst for adventure. But in 1901, they thought it might be bad luck to bring her to the Niagara Falls precipice.
While working as a teacher, she met the man who would become her husband. Married at 17, she gave birth to a baby who died a few days later. More unfortunate when her husband reported for duty during the Civil War and never returned, Taylor was widowed at age 25 with no money to her name.
During severe economic hardship, she secured her future by working one job for her job. Her travels took her from Michigan to Texas and Mexico City and back to Michigan - spending two years figuring out how to make money honestly and quickly. It was during this time that instant thoughts came to the adventure that was always sought after in the pursuit of the get-rich-quick scheme.
Taylor, who had suffered minor injuries from the Niagara Falls, was pulled from the river and helped ashore by surprised bystanders.
Newspapers reported how she was when she came ashore. During that time, she also reportedly survived a house fire in Tennessee and an earthquake in South Carolina.
Moving to Michigan, she taught Saginaw's children the waltz, table manners and etiquette. But as the children grew up, the income from the charm school increased.
She later wrote to a local newspaper: “I lost $8,000 in Chattanooga a few years ago because my dance and physical education classes weren't bringing in money fast enough for me, so I looked at nothing. Ways to make some money. The idea of crossing Niagara instantly occurred to me, and I carefully studied the conditions before starting the journey, and began the venture with the assured confidence that safety would come out.
It touches on the ultimate truth of a destitute, widowed, steadfast, graying, 63-year-old school teacher.
Over the barrel and falls
Others took on the challenge of falling from boats, and at one point trying to swim down Niagara's treacherous falls, no one managed to land in a barrel. Taylor saw an opportunity when he read about the large numbers expected at the 1901 Penton-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
Her work on a barrel is done for a local company that makes beer sticks from sketches and original works made of cardboard and string - but Taylor insists that the production be made of wood only. Its expression is an uneven elongated barrel less than three feet wide, tapering at both ends. The body is fitted with a leather belt and cushions to protect it and is attached with 10 rings.
October 24, 1901 was Annie Edson Taylor's 63rd birthday. After 4:00 p.m., the Niagara waters seemed calmer than usual. Air was pumped into the barrel through a rubber hose and a bicycle pump; Expecting her performance to take a long time, Taylor figured she needed air for about an hour. The barrel was then sealed and dragged towards the waterfall. After being released, watchers on the beach watch as it bobs up and down its cliff before disappearing.
Among the photos...
From a sidewalk, Taylor signed autographs for tourists passing through Niagara Falls.
Taylor appreciated in his memoirs that the roar of the waterfall was rising and the barrel was rushing towards the edge. Moments later she felt gravity take over as she calmly explained. After a few seconds, it hit the bottom surface and went under the water. Water may leak as the barrel bounces off the rocks. After about 10 seconds, it rises to the surface of the burning foam
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