On this day in 1901—her 63rd birthday—Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to ride down Niagara Falls in a barrel and live to tell about it. She thought fame would buy her financial security. It didn’t.
On this day in 1901—her 63rd birthday—Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to ride down Niagara Falls in a barrel and live to tell about it. She thought fame would buy her financial security. It didn’t.