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'New Jersey Jumper' first at Niagara Falls ; Paterson's Samuel Patch became folk hero
2003
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Patch was well-known before his death-defying feats at Niagara Falls. Born in Rhode Island in 1807, Patch moved to Paterson and leapt into fame when he dove over the Great Falls in Paterson on Sept. 30, 1827. Patch had no such luck on his next stunt after Niagara Falls, billed prophetically as his last, which was a leap into the Genesee Falls in Rochester, N.Y. He was determined, he said, \"to astonish the natives of the West before returning to the Jerseys.\" PHOTO - A poster announcing [Samuel Patch]'s jump at Genesee Falls in Rochester, N.Y. He apparently saw no problem jumping on Friday the 13th. Patch got his start jumping at the Great Falls in Paterson.
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Gannett Media Corp
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