George Hazlett & Sadie Allen
SHOOTING THE RAPIDS
George Hazlett and Sadie Allen mad a trip together through the Whirlpool Rapids on August 8th, 1886. Eyebrows were raised as they were not even engaged at the time. |
George Hazlett had already gained some notoriety by being one of a pair of stunters to navigate the Whirlpool Rapids in 1886 in a single barrel.
In the fall of that year George Hazlett convinced a friend, a young woman named Sadie Allen to accompany him on a second trip through the Whirlpool Rapids. Both Hazlett and Allen would survive their ordeal. The fact that the two were not married or engaged at the time caused a great deal of gossip.
