Title

Official guide to Niagara - illustration of Sam Patch's Leap

Description

LCN 10167844 patch

Black & white scan from book ;

en-CA Scan from the book Official Guide Niagara Falls, River. Electric, Historic, Geologic, Hydraulic by Peter A. Porter with illustrations by Charles D Arnold published 1901 ; To quote the website Who2 "In October 1829 Sam patch nicknamed "The Yankee Leaper" took a 120 foot plunge over Niagra Falls and lived, the first ever to do so. On November 6, 1829 he jumped 100 feet from the Upper Falls of the Genesee in Rochester, New York, accompanied by a pet bear. A week later, on Friday the 13th, Patch made the jump again, this time without the bear, and didn't survive. His body was not found immediately, fueling speculation that he had somehow pulled a fast one. Four months later his corpse was found in the Genesee River" ;

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=91177

Medium

Scan from book

Date

1901

Is Part Of

Niagara Falls Public Library Local History Collection

locator

LHC - 917.4799 P847

Rights Holder

©Niagara Falls Public Library

Subject

Stunts and Stunters

Niagara Falls - Horseshoe Falls

Spatial Coverage

Canada - Ontario

number

D11845

Format

Scan from book

Date Created

2003-07-02

Date Modified

2013-05-14