Annie Edson Taylor, Niagara Daredevil
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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4.2 • 23.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2018
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Taylor’s whole barrel trip was part of a much bigger story of daredevils at this natural wonder, which is tied to its industrialization and commercialization.
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| 0:30.7 | Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from Howstupworks.com. |
| 0:36.1 | Hello and welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:44.6 | I'm Tracy V. Wilson, and I'm Holly Fry. |
| 0:47.3 | I went on a trip just the other week that involved flying into Buffalo, New York, |
| 0:51.7 | and since we were so close by Niagara Falls, we went to Niagara Falls. |
| 0:55.9 | I had never been there before. |
| 0:57.9 | And it reminded me that way back last summer, |
| 1:01.7 | I had been planning to do a podcast on people going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. |
| 1:07.5 | And then I stumbled across an article about a netkellerman while I was doing the research for that. |
| 1:11.9 | I got completely distracted. |
| 1:13.4 | I forgot totally about it. |
| 1:15.3 | Having been reminded by going to the actual waterfall, |
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