Sam Patch

Sam Patch (1807 – November 13, 1829; some sources believed his birth year to be 1807) was known as "The Jersey Jumper", "The Daring Yankee", or the "Yankee Leaper" became the first famous American daredevil after successfully jumping from a raised platform into the Niagara River near the base of Niagara Falls in 1829.

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