Sam Patch

The advertisement for daredevil Sam Patch's fatal last jump

Sam Patch (1799[1] – November 13, 1829; some sources believed his birth year to be 1807) was known as "The Jersey Jumper", "The Daring Yankee",[2] or the "Yankee Leaper"[3] 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.

  1. ^ Johnson, Paul. Sam Patch, the Famous Jumper (New York: Hill and Wang, 2003) ISBN 0-8090-8388-4.
  2. ^ Dorson, Richard M. (December 1966). "The Wonderful Leaps Of Sam Patch". AMERICAN HERITAGE. Vol. 18, no. 1. American Heritage Publishing Co. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Sam Patch, the Yankee Leaper, jumped…". Old Farmer's Almanac. Yankee Publishing. Retrieved 23 December 2018.