On August 5, 1951, William “Red” Hill Jr. went over Niagara Falls in a contraption called “The Thing”. His flimsy contraption consisted of 13 truck tire inner tubes, held together with fish net and canvas straps.

It was a sunny afternoon on July 9th, 1960 when what became known as the "Miracle of Niagara" took place. 40 year old Jim Honeycutt from Michigan invited his coworkers two children to go with him for a boat ride.

On the morning of July 15th, 1961, William Fitzgerald, also known as Nathan Boya, a 29 year old went over Niagara Falls. He used a 544 kg (1200 lb) ball, 3 m (10 foot) in diameter, which he named “The Plunge-O-Sphere”. It had a steel frame covered with rubber.

Karel Soucek, A 30 year old from Hamilton, Ontario went over Niagara Falls in a bright red barrel with the words "Last of Niagara's Daredevils" and his name on it. His 2.7 meter (9 ft) long, 1.5 m (5 ft) diameter cylinder shaped barrel was insulated with liquid foam.

Steven Trotter, from Rhode Island, was the youngest person to challenge Niagara Falls, at 22 years old on the morning of August 18, 1985. He used a homemade contraption consisting of two plastic pickle barrels lined inside with foam packing and surrounded outside with large inner tubes covered by a tarp. He survived to stunt with minor bruises.