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Images from the Historic Niagara Digital Collections at Niagara Falls Public Library; Art works in the collection of the Niagara Falls Public Library; Poems of the Battle of Lundy's Lane from the Niagara Falls Poetry Project; PBS Documentary Includes a chapter on Lundy's Lane. Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Annie was born on October 24, 1838, in Auburn, New York. [2] She was one of eight children born to Merrick Edson (1804–1850) and Lucretia Waring; [3] her father owned a flour mill and died when she was 12 years old, leaving enough money to provide a comfortable living for the family.
Having successfully sent a cat over the falls in a barrel two days previously, Taylor survived going over the falls in an oak barrel as a stunt designed to help her financially. She exited the barrel bleeding but was not seriously injured. [1] 2 July 1903: Ed Delahanty: Fatality: Horseshoe Falls [25]
The high winds that blow around Niagara Falls can be severe in the cold months from November through March, when the average temperature is 30-36 degrees Fahrenheit (-0.9-2 degrees Celsius).
Lydia Sigourney wrote two dramatic poems on the falls, Niagara, in 1836 and again in her Scenes in my native Land, Niagara, in 1845. [154] [155] In 1848, the Rev. C. H. A. Bulkley, of Mount Morris, New York published Niagara: A Poem, a 132-page, 3,600 line blank verse poem presenting the wonders of the falls as "the theme of a single poem." [156]
William "Red" Hill Sr. (November 17, 1888 – May 14, 1942) was a Canadian daredevil and rescuer, born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, in 1888.In 1896 he received his first medal for bravery when he rescued his sister from their burning house which was followed by a life-saving medal in 1912, achieving the status as a local hero.