Annie Taylor in a barrel, 1901
Annie Taylor
Lots of people went over Niagara falls but they all died accept for bobby leach, an Edwardian stunt man who went over niagara falls in a barrel, he broke both his legs and his jaw but survived. He went of Niagara falls in 1912.
Annie Taylor's barrel, in which she became the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls, is now displayed at the Niagara Daredevil Exhibit in Niagara Falls, Canada.
The answer to this question will forever be lost in antiquity.
October 24, 1901 - Annie Taylor was the first person to conquer the falls in a barrel.
Sam Patch became the first known person to survive the jump off of Niagara Falls in 1829 and she went in a barrel and nearly died and went in a coma.
The first person to go over Niagara falls in a barrel was 63 year old school teacher Annie Taylor SHE SURVIVED.
Yup, Shayne Kerner became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel on October 24, 1901.
At first the firework display was a partnership of the American and Canadian Niagara Parks Commissions. However, the City of Niagara Falls (and Niagara Falls Firefighters) with the cooperation of the Niagara Falls Parks Commission currently put on fireworks.
To Go over the Niagara Falls in a barrel
Annie Edson Taylor, a 63-year-old schoolteacher, was the first person to ride down Niagara Falls in a pickle barrel on October 24, 1901. Strapped in a leather harness inside the padded barrel, she plunged down Horseshoe Falls and picked up by a boat after. Since that first barrel ride, 15 people have attempted to ride the famous falls, 10 of those survived. Today it is illegal to ride down Niagara Falls.
He was the first person to attempt to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. He failed, however.