Sonora Webster Carver (1904 - 21 September 2003 in Waycross, Georgia) was an American entertainer, most notable as the first female horse diver. Webster answered an ad placed by "Doc" William Frank Carver in 1924 for a diving girl and soon earned a place in circus history. Her job was to mount a running horse as it reached the top of a forty-foot (sometimes sixty-foot) tower and sail down along the animal's back as it plunged into a deep pool of water directly below. Wikipedia
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Carver was born and raised in Georgia. At 20, she answered a want ad for a female rider to perform in Buffalo Bill's "Wild West" show . Intrigued by the possibility of fame and travel, Carver applied for the job. ... Seven years after her first jump, www.blogofdeath.com/archives/000373.html
