March 30 - 1848: The Day Niagara Falls Stopped "Falling"

On the night of March 29th, and in one of the most incredible stories to emerge from this event, hundreds of locals picked up lit torches and decided that it would be pretty cool to walk across the floor of the Niagara River along the brink that is normally the drop off to the Horseshoe and American Falls!!  I am not kidding you, this really happened!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices