French tightrope walker Charles Blondin (1824-1897) was first to walk the cable across the Niagara Gorge.
October 3, 2021
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HISTORY CORNER: The magnificent Niagara Falls
Something didn’t feel right to Jed Porter, a farmer in Western New York taking an evening stroll along the river near Niagara Falls.