From Yahoo! Malaysia News: Niagara Falls had been a tourist destination for decades before 1901, but it wasn’t until Oct. 24 of that year that the first person decided to ride a barrel over the falls. Former schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor made the plunge on her 63rd birthday, hoping for fame and fortune. Taylor, whose…
From the Buffalo News: This year marks 35 years since residents in the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls sounded the alarm on toxic chemicals. Over 800 families were relocated and the federal Superfund program was created to clean up the nation’s most polluted toxic waste sites. During the last century, the U.S. side of…
I know I’m way late for the opening of this exhibit, but it is on until January… This is a press release I recently received: September 6, 2013 For Immediate Release Ancient Egypt comes to Niagara Falls The Ontario Power Generation Gallery at the Niagara Falls History Museum (5810 Ferry Street) will be…
From the St Catharines Standard: It appears to be a nasty divorce. Maid of the Mist isn’t sailing into the Canadian sunset without a parting shot at the Niagara Parks Commission. “We are disappointed by the failure of the Niagara Parks Commission in its statement to recognize our Maid of the Mist Steamboat Company and…
From Canada.com: It was a hot August night and thousands of spectators were holding their breath as a young, wounded soldier shimmied out on a thick rope towards two men stranded in the raging Niagara River just above Horseshoe Falls. Large floodlights were quickly installed so everyone could watch the dangerous rescue attempt. William “Red”…
I first saw this video mentioned in the Americana twitter feed Niagara Falls 1937 video~ much of the water now flows behind the scenes creating electricity for much of the region. It links to a YouTube video with the following description: A home movie that my grandparents made of their trip to Detroit and Niagara…
From the St Catharines Standard: Believe it or not, there was a time Clifton Hill wasn’t filled with museums, arcades, shops and houses of horror. One man, Alec Rigby, helped pave the way for the hill to become Niagara Falls’ main tourist destination when he brought the Ripley’s Believe It or Not museum to the…
From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo: Walt Disney considered putting his second theme park in Niagara Falls. The Niagara News reports that when Walt Disney was exploring locations for a second “Disneyland” after the success of his park in California, he considered Niagara Falls, Ontario.
From NBCNews.com: This Sunday, daredevil Nik Wallenda — who famously traversed Niagara Falls on a tightrope last year — will attempt another extreme balancing act: walking a tightrope over the Grand Canyon. Wallenda carries on a family tradition with his tricks — he is the seventh generation of the “Great Wallendas,” a stunt-performing family. And he calls to…
This article is a year old now, and I posted lots like it last year before Nik Wallenda walked over Niagara Falls. However since it has been a year now, it is interesting to look back and read again about his preparations for his walk. From Niagara This Week: …And if the much-publicized stunt is a…