May 29, 2012
On October 7, 1829, Sam Patch ventured out onto a ladder and leapt 85 into the churning waters of the Niagara River. When he surfaced, the crowd went crazy. Who was the first American Daredevil? Sam Patch: The First American Daredevil? Sam Patch was born in Rhode Island in 1807. While still young, he began…