David McCullough Quotes

One Of The First Problems To Be Faced At Niagara Was How To Get A Wire Over The Gorge And Its Violent River. Ellet Solved That Nicely By Offering Five Dollars To The First American Boy To Fly A Kite Over To The Canadian Side. The Prize Was Won By Young Homer Walsh, Who Would Tell The Story For The Rest Of His Days. Once The Kite String Was Across, A Succession Of Heavier Cords And Ropes Was Pulled Over, And In A Short Time The First Length Of Wire Went On Its Way. After That, When The Initial Cable Had Been Completed, Ellet Decided To Demonstrate His Faith In It In A Fashion People Would Not Forget. He Had An Iron Basket Made Up Big Enough To Hold Him And Attached It To The Cable With Pulleys. Then Stepping Inside, On A Morning In March 1848, He Pulled Himself Over The Gorge And Back Again, All In No More Than Fifteen Minutes' Time, And To The Great Excitement Of Crowds Gathered Along Both Rims.

David McCullough Quotes: One Of The First Problems To Be Faced At Niagara Was How To Get A Wire Over The Gorge And

David McCullough Quotes: One Of The First Problems To Be Faced At Niagara Was How To Get A Wire Over The Gorge And

David McCullough Quotes: One Of The First Problems To Be Faced At Niagara Was How To Get A Wire Over The Gorge And

David McCullough Quotes: One Of The First Problems To Be Faced At Niagara Was How To Get A Wire Over The Gorge And

David McCullough Quotes: One Of The First Problems To Be Faced At Niagara Was How To Get A Wire Over The Gorge And

David McCullough Quotes: One Of The First Problems To Be Faced At Niagara Was How To Get A Wire Over The Gorge And

David McCullough Quotes: One Of The First Problems To Be Faced At Niagara Was How To Get A Wire Over The Gorge And

David McCullough Quotes: One Of The First Problems To Be Faced At Niagara Was How To Get A Wire Over The Gorge And

David McCullough Quotes: One Of The First Problems To Be Faced At Niagara Was How To Get A Wire Over The Gorge And

David McCullough Quotes: One Of The First Problems To Be Faced At Niagara Was How To Get A Wire Over The Gorge And

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