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The Great Farini

The Great Farini (William Leonard Hunt) "Canada's P.T. Barnum" -- In 1860 he became the 2nd person (after France's aerialist Blondin did it in 1859) to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope....

The Great Farini (William Leonard Hunt) "Canada's P.T. Barnum" -- In 1860 he became the 2nd person (after France's aerialist Blondin did it in 1859) to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope.

Plaque reads:

The Great Farini

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Submitted by Owen Anderson.

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