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Charles Blondin carrying Colcord on a tightrope
Engraving (c. 1883 of Blondin crossing Niagara with his manager, Harry Colcord, on his back

Harry M. Colcord was the manager of the distinguished stuntman Charles Blondin, most famous for being possibly the first person to go across the Niagara Falls by piggyback on another person, in this case Blondin, on August 17, 1859. He was from Chicago.

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