Today is opening day of the annual Warren County, NJ Balloon Festival — an appropriate occasion on which to contemplate the interesting and sadly truncated life of Washington Harrison Donaldson (1840-1875). A jack of all trades in the 19th century variety world, he was initially a magician, ventriloquist, acrobat and wire walker, launching his career […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:41AM on July 27, 2013