Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Genesee River” in alphabetic letter P, entry group 2, entry patch-samuel of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
... As an athlete he became known as a diver, making his first celebrated leap from the bridge over the Passaic River at Paterson, N. J. He met his death Nov. 13, 1829, in jumping from a bridge over the Genesee River at Rochester, N. Y., at a height of 125 feet above the water.
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