Today is the birthday of the Fearless Frogman, Paul Boyton (1848-1924), showman, daredevil, and one of the early founders of the Coney Island amusement district. Boyton served in the navy as a teenager in the Civil War, then became a mercenary for Mexico and France, and later one of the early founders of what was […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:58AM on June 29, 2013